From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacsclient: controlling from an application? Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 21:04:30 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <3F8D9119.8050500@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1066252739 25396 80.91.224.253 (15 Oct 2003 21:18:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 21:18:59 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 15 23:18:57 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A9t2m-0000NW-00 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2003 23:18:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A9szo-0006YL-MI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Oct 2003 17:15:52 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!charlie.risq.qc.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 25 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.24.42 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca Original-X-Trace: charlie.risq.qc.ca 1066251870 132.204.24.42 (Wed, 15 Oct 2003 17:04:30 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 17:04:30 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117294 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:13223 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13223 > Thanks. I tried it though, with results as follows, which baffle me: > It appears that the eval worked: > auto-save-visited-file-name's value is > t > Local in buffer 2do.txt; global value is > nil > However, the auto-save is still behaving as if the global value were in force: > -rw-r--r-- 1 swani swani 819 Oct 15 14:18 #2do.txt# > -rw-r--r-- 1 swani swani 819 Oct 15 14:15 2do.txt > I'll have a tilt at the other 2 ideas. Both emacs and the > knowledgeable folks in this forum never cease to amaze me. Thanks for > the suggestions! The variable is consulted when visiting a file to setup some other auto-save-related variables. What is probably occuring is that the variable is consulted before it is changed by the "eval: (set ...)" cookie. Stefan