From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: What's wrong with value? Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 17:05:15 GMT Organization: Genuity, Woburn, MA Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <871y2l73pv.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044552304 14710 80.91.224.249 (6 Feb 2003 17:25:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 17:25:04 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18gpll-0003p5-00 for ; Thu, 06 Feb 2003 18:25:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18gpmw-0006uY-07 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2003 12:26:14 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!wn12feed!worldnet.att.net!4.24.21.153!chcgil2-snh1.gtei.net!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!paloalto-snr1.gtei.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: never X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test72 (19 April 1999) Originator: barmar@genuity.net (Barry Margolin) Original-Lines: 24 Original-X-Trace: /K0ZEB8GRDRa50elgs/1eMIqBiyfjzXYNdvH4Y2VX/bZoEJxipvydchJ3Y3nx3iGpxPT/oj+18Mn!wynKZTG3nQ30nTd1dO7m0xy5HGLJlOAg42Otot1fsqYkVz0cpGvfe4/nV2n6RugceJrDsbYa+C+C!XoMlYyt1rzh9 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@gte.net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 17:05:15 GMT Original-Distribution: world Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:109872 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6376 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6376 In article <871y2l73pv.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com>, Pascal Bourguignon wrote: > >What's happening with this symbol: > >(setq value :toto) ;; C-x C-e, :toto appears in Mini-buffer. >(show value) ;; But value has not been assigned! >==> nil > >(progn (setq value :toto) > (show value)) ;; well, here yes it's assigned ! >==> :toto >(show value) ;; but not here !?!? What's happening? >==> nil >(show (assoc 'value (buffer-local-variables))) >==> nil Try 'C-h v value' -- Barry Margolin, barmar@genuity.com Genuity Managed Services, Woburn, MA *** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to newsgroups. Please DON'T copy followups to me -- I'll assume it wasn't posted to the group.