From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: display-mm-width return value off on Windows Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:16:28 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87slldpd8s.fsf@neutrino.caeruleus.net> <44AFB1E1.20906@student.lu.se> <8764i7kywu.fsf@neutrino.caeruleus.net> <874pxls3bu.fsf@neutrino.caeruleus.net> <85k66hjmy4.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1152900990 21748 80.91.229.2 (14 Jul 2006 18:16:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 18:16:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Ralf Angeli , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 14 20:16:23 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 1G1SCt-00043v-9d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:16:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G1SCs-0000B4-Jk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:16:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G1SCg-0000AK-Nj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:15:54 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G1SCf-00009Y-6F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:15:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G1SCf-00009V-24 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:15:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.54] (helo=tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1G1SEg-00028u-99; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:17:58 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([70.53.195.230]) by tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20060714181550.FKGY13241.tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net@localhost>; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:15:50 -0400 Original-Received: by localhost (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 2C0F18D11; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:16:28 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: David Kastrup In-Reply-To: <85k66hjmy4.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "Thu, 13 Jul 2006 21:59:15 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:57021 Archived-At: > (info "(elisp) Multiple Displays") > A few Lisp variables are "terminal-local"; that is, they have a > separate binding for each terminal. The binding in effect at any time > is the one for the terminal that the currently selected frame belongs > to. These variables include `default-minibuffer-frame', > `defining-kbd-macro', `last-kbd-macro', and `system-key-alist'. They > are always terminal-local, and can never be buffer-local (*note > Buffer-Local Variables::) or frame-local. > Would that not be a case for a terminal-local variable? It sounds attractive (the idea of adding a frame-local parameter for it doesn't seem too appealing since it implies the possibility of returning different results for different frames of the same display). Tho I'm not sure what would happen with multi-head configs. Stefan