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From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: Help GNU Emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [External] : Does defvar-local has same effect as make-variable-buffer-local?
Date: Sun, 16 May 2021 01:21:46 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YKBJeifOnk9/5p9Z@protected.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SA2PR10MB44746B93F863AFEB5861B00DF32F9@SA2PR10MB4474.namprd10.prod.outlook.com>

* Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> [2021-05-16 01:17]:
> > Oh yes, I missed what you explained, thanks.
> 
> The main point was that you can learn better by asking
> Emacs such things.  Use the Source, Luc.  Things like
> `defvar-local' are defined in Lisp, and it's easy to
> get to their definitions.  In this case, the definition
> is simple.  Sometimes, of course, that's not the case.

If it would be just asking... I wish so. 

Sure, I do use all the help commands. It is not finished by reading
documentation. Sometimes I read code of other people and that is where
questions arise that may be surprising and require clarification from
others.

-- 
Jean

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-05-15 22:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-15 20:14 Does defvar-local has same effect as make-variable-buffer-local? Jean Louis
2021-05-15 20:49 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-05-15 21:01   ` Drew Adams
2021-05-15 21:41     ` Jean Louis
2021-05-15 22:16       ` Drew Adams
2021-05-15 22:21         ` Jean Louis [this message]
2021-05-16  4:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-16  8:09   ` Jean Louis
2021-05-16  8:52     ` Yuri Khan
2021-05-16 16:53       ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-16  8:55     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-16 11:26       ` Jean Louis

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