From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Activate an input-method from file-local variables? Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 02:25:25 -0400 Message-ID: References: <17593.10.639545.231797@parhasard.net> <85d5c69auh.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <17593.7667.514209.90288@parhasard.net> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1153031176 21926 80.91.229.2 (16 Jul 2006 06:26:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 06:26:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 16 08:26:15 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G204w-0004gt-Uz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 08:26:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G204w-0006jJ-CX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 02:26:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G204F-0006J3-Qt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 02:25:27 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G204E-0006IT-Tn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 02:25:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G204E-0006IF-OI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 02:25:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1G206c-0003DA-9P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 02:27:54 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1G204D-00026O-6W; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 02:25:25 -0400 Original-To: Aidan Kehoe In-reply-to: <17593.7667.514209.90288@parhasard.net> (message from Aidan Kehoe on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 18:55:15 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:57073 Archived-At: XEmacs lispref that mention the connection to buffer-local variables, and am We try to improve GNU Emacs documentation, but we cannot be responsible for deficiencies of forked versions such as GNU XEmacs. having trouble finding something that mentions it explicitly in the GNU Emacs Lisp reference manual. (And since ?coding? is treated specially File local variables are a user feature, not a Lisp programming feature, so they are documented in the Emacs Manual. Ah, here we are; three throwaway sentences in Local Variables in Files, I see you found the section in the Emacs Manual which documents them. (There is an xref to it in the Lisp Manual.) Why do you call that text "throwaway"? It is right at the start of the section, and states the point explicitly. It says everything there is to say about the question. no mention whatsoever in Creating and Deleting Buffer-Local Bindings. (When you mention a section title, would you please say which manual you're talking about? That would help me find it so I can think about your point.) That section describes Lisp facilities for creating and deleting buffer-local bindings. File local variable lists don't belong there. Anyway, it seems that I can make the xref in the Lisp Manual clearer, and restate this basic point. What do you think of this new text? A file can specify local variable values; Emacs uses these to create buffer-local bindings for those variables in the buffer visiting that file. @xref{File variables, , Local Variables in Files, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}, for basic information about file local variables. This section describes the functions and variables that affect processing of file local variables.