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From: Pankaj Jangid <pankaj@codeisgreat.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: difference between setq and setq-local
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 08:32:50 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fstpjtb9.fsf@codeisgreat.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87sfxqr95n.fsf@zoho.eu

Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:

> So setq-local always does the same thing.
>
> And setq-default always does the same thing as well.
>
> setq tho is the tricky one, it refers to the buffer-local
> variable if it exists ... _or_ acts like `setq-local' for some
> specific variables ... _or_ acts like setq-default if the
> there isn't buffer-local variable and also the variable
> doesn't stipulate it wants to be buffer-local soo bad!

Thanks for this primer on ‘setq-’ functions. It is permanently inscribed
now. And it is absolutely clear.




      reply	other threads:[~2021-09-28  3:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-27  3:03 difference between setq and setq-local Pankaj Jangid
2021-09-27  3:26 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-09-28  3:02   ` Pankaj Jangid [this message]

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