* don't understand setq-default @ 2021-04-18 11:40 Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2021-04-18 13:02 ` Omar Polo 2021-04-18 21:55 ` don't understand setq-default Jean Louis 0 siblings, 2 replies; 23+ messages in thread From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-18 11:40 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs I don't understand `setq-default', maybe I never did, unsure. The docstring isn't good, it only describes how it will happens which is intuitive at that (well, that's good that it) but not how and why it is used. You assign a variable I understand ultra-hd = 2160 ikr? ultra-hd is 2160! but full-hd is assigned the default value 1080 full-hd d= 1080 what does that mean, except for the obvious that d stands for "diversion"? the only thing I can make up, is that if the common-sense variable is unset, it falls back to 1080? but then where is this value stored? ( actual . default ) won't work (or actual default) cool but also won't work property? surely you don't have to look for it explicitly? built-in in some really clever way (really clever = everything you don't understand. stupid = everything you already know. and right in between? number 1) Here is the docstring, it gives the impression everyone already knows about it. And, if so, I have to give it to it, probably it makes a whole lot more sense, reight? (setq-default [VAR VALUE]...) Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 18. Set the default value of variable VAR to VALUE. VAR, the variable name, is literal (not evaluated); VALUE is an expression: it is evaluated and its value returned. The default value of a variable is seen in buffers that do not have their own values for the variable. More generally, you can use multiple variables and values, as in (setq-default VAR VALUE VAR VALUE...) This sets each VAR’s default value to the corresponding VALUE. The VALUE for the Nth VAR can refer to the new default values of previous VARs. -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 23+ messages in thread
* Re: don't understand setq-default 2021-04-18 11:40 don't understand setq-default Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-18 13:02 ` Omar Polo 2021-04-18 13:39 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2021-04-18 21:55 ` don't understand setq-default Jean Louis 1 sibling, 1 reply; 23+ messages in thread From: Omar Polo @ 2021-04-18 13:02 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Emanuel Berg; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes: > I don't understand `setq-default', maybe I never did, unsure. > > The docstring isn't good, it only describes how it will > happens which is intuitive at that (well, that's good that > it) but not how and why it is used. > > [...] buffer can have local version of some variables. In addition, some variables automatically becomes buffer-local when set (like `indent-tabs-mode' for instance.) The docstring seems pretty clear to me: > [...] > > (setq-default [VAR VALUE]...) > > Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 18. > > Set the default value of variable VAR to VALUE. > VAR, the variable name, is literal (not evaluated); > VALUE is an expression: it is evaluated and its value returned. > **The default value of a variable is seen in buffers > that do not have their own values for the variable.** (emphasis mine) So the question becomes: "when can a buffer have a non-default value for a variable?" (info "(elisp) Buffer-Local Variables") should have more information on the matter > [...] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 23+ messages in thread
* Re: don't understand setq-default 2021-04-18 13:02 ` Omar Polo @ 2021-04-18 13:39 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2021-04-18 13:40 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 0 siblings, 1 reply; 23+ messages in thread From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-18 13:39 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs Omar Polo wrote: > The docstring seems pretty clear to me: > >> [...] >> >> (setq-default [VAR VALUE]...) >> >> Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 18. >> >> Set the default value of variable VAR to VALUE. >> VAR, the variable name, is literal (not evaluated); >> VALUE is an expression: it is evaluated and its value returned. >> **The default value of a variable is seen in buffers >> that do not have their own values for the variable.** You are right, didn't even see that, had to check but it was indeed there :) OK, that explains it, buffer local values, I can't even keep track of the buffers... More Emacs than Lisp tho it is a sliding scale... Thanks. -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 23+ messages in thread
* Re: don't understand setq-default 2021-04-18 13:39 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-18 13:40 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2021-04-18 14:19 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 0 siblings, 1 reply; 23+ messages in thread From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-18 13:40 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs > OK, that explains it, buffer local values, I can't even keep > track of the buffers... I have used it 8 times, maybe change to setq to force everywhere... -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 23+ messages in thread
* Re: don't understand setq-default 2021-04-18 13:40 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-18 14:19 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2021-04-18 14:59 ` Omar Polo 2021-04-18 21:59 ` Jean Louis 0 siblings, 2 replies; 23+ messages in thread From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-18 14:19 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs >> OK, that explains it, buffer local values, I can't even >> keep track of the buffers... > > I have used it 8 times, maybe change to setq to force > everywhere... Worst thing that can happen, it will show, where I need even more force... Wait, I sense there is something wrong with this thinking... with setq, global var with setq-default default val for var if not buffer-local how do you look for the buffer-local var? I take it that takes precedence? yeah, it is the compass needle all over that acts on the GLOBAL Earth's magnet, only put the local magnet next to the compass, proximity overrules size you set the buffer-locals or they set themselves thru hooks or implications from setq "automatically when set" how do I know my globals - me thinking them are - aren't actually as they gets trapped in some Elisp file where I eval'd them which has nothing to do with it, even? Eval a config file for ERC, all that goes into the Elisp file LOL. How do you tell a var should be buffer-local when set? Nah, I don't want to know. They are not part of my strategy. But please tell my all buzzwords so I can go on pruning my Elisp, always a good feeling :) -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 23+ messages in thread
* Re: don't understand setq-default 2021-04-18 14:19 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-18 14:59 ` Omar Polo 2021-04-19 3:06 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2021-04-18 21:59 ` Jean Louis 1 sibling, 1 reply; 23+ messages in thread From: Omar Polo @ 2021-04-18 14:59 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Emanuel Berg; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes: >>> OK, that explains it, buffer local values, I can't even >>> keep track of the buffers... >> >> I have used it 8 times, maybe change to setq to force >> everywhere... > > Worst thing that can happen, it will show, where I need even > more force... > > Wait, I sense there is something wrong with this thinking... > > with setq, global var > > with setq-default default val for var if not buffer-local > > how do you look for the buffer-local var? > > I take it that takes precedence? > > yeah, it is the compass needle all over that acts on the > GLOBAL Earth's magnet, only put the local magnet next to > the compass, proximity overrules size > > you set the buffer-locals or they set themselves thru hooks > or implications from setq "automatically when set" > > how do I know my globals - me thinking them are - aren't > actually as they gets trapped in some Elisp file where > I eval'd them which has nothing to do with it, even? > Eval a config file for ERC, all that goes into the Elisp > file LOL. > > How do you tell a var should be buffer-local when set? Nah, > I don't want to know. They are not part of my strategy. > But please tell my all buzzwords so I can go on pruning > my Elisp, always a good feeling :) [ keep in mind that I'm not really an expert elisp hacker ] Try to keep it simple. buffer-local variables sometimes are useful. Let's take the indent-tabs-mode variable for instance: you set it to t to enable hard tabs, or nil if you don't. For some modes you may want to use tabs (e.g. C, or Go), while for others spaces (may) be mandatory (i.e. python), so a global variable won't do it (you won't be able to switch between C and python files without messing up the indentation :P) Another example: I'm writing a chat application in elisp. I have a, say, toxe-friend-name that holds the name of the chat you've opened. It's useful to keep this a buffer-local, so it gets a different value per chat-buffer, and the elisp code is simple. Sometimes this don't make sense: emacs-version probably doesn't need to be buffer local, so judgement is needed. C-h v tells you when a variable becomes buffer-local when set, or if it's local to the current buffer, so you may want to check that. It even tells you its "default" and "local" value, which can get useful. You get the buffer-local value when you're running a bit of elisp inside that buffer. (I don't know how to retrieve the global value, but a short trip to the manual should tell me that) So, for example: (defvar my-var 5) my-var ;; => 5 (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "test") (message "my-var is %d" my-var) (make-local-variable 'my-var) (setq my-var 7) (message "my-var is %d" my-var) (setq-default my-var 'foo) (message "my-var is %d" my-var)) ;; my-var is 5 ;; my-var is 7 ;; my-var is 7 my-var ;; => foo HTH ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 23+ messages in thread
* Re: don't understand setq-default 2021-04-18 14:59 ` Omar Polo @ 2021-04-19 3:06 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2021-04-19 3:23 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2021-04-19 12:49 ` Thibaut Verron 0 siblings, 2 replies; 23+ messages in thread From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-19 3:06 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs Omar Polo wrote: > [ keep in mind that I'm not really an expert elisp hacker ] You are getting there... > Let's take the indent-tabs-mode variable for instance: you > set it to t to enable hard tabs, or nil if you don't. > For some modes you may want to use tabs (e.g. C, or Go), You may, but you don't need tabs in C. (I'm not familiar with Go.) The only thing that always wants tabs are the Makefiles, right? > > Another example: I'm writing a chat application in elisp. > I have a, say, toxe-friend-name that holds the name of the > chat you've opened. It's useful to keep this > a buffer-local, so it gets a different value per > chat-buffer, and the elisp code is simple. That's right, it is a good example, when you have several buffers of the same kind to hold some data piece or pieces connected to that particular buffer of whatever the program in general is suppose to do... > that buffer. (I don't know how to retrieve the global > value, but a short trip to the manual should tell me that) > > So, for example: > > (defvar my-var 5) Heh, OK so now the global has a default as well... let's see how this goes. > my-var > ;; => 5 Right, defined with a default and not set. So it is the default. What else is there to be. > (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "test") > (message "my-var is %d" my-var) ; my-var is 5 Not changed so this is the global-default (only) version at this time. > (make-local-variable 'my-var) > (setq my-var 7) > (message "my-var is %d" my-var) ; my-var is 7 Now it is set locally so now it is 7. By locally we mean buffer-local, that's the only local there is? > (setq-default my-var 'foo) > (message "my-var is %d" my-var)) ;; my-var is 7 Now we set the default but since it is set hat doesn't matter. > my-var > ;; => foo And now it isn't anymore so the default is there, great. So the pecking order is: local var global var local default global default ? and local default and global default are even lower because they don't do anything if there's a value there already. -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 23+ messages in thread
* Re: don't understand setq-default 2021-04-19 3:06 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-19 3:23 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2021-04-19 3:33 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2021-04-19 12:49 ` Thibaut Verron 1 sibling, 1 reply; 23+ messages in thread From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-19 3:23 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs >> my-var >> ;; => foo > > And now it isn't anymore so the default is there, great. No, why isn't that 7? argh! I must write my own version :) -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 23+ messages in thread
* Re: don't understand setq-default 2021-04-19 3:23 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-19 3:33 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2021-04-19 6:40 ` Omar Polo 0 siblings, 1 reply; 23+ messages in thread From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-19 3:33 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote: >>> my-var >>> ;; => foo >> >> And now it isn't anymore so the default is there, great. > > No, why isn't that 7? argh! > > I must write my own version :) OK, so after you say it is local with `make-local-variable' it doesn't matter you do `setq', it won't get global that way? No, but that's consistent actually, you can setq other local stuff tho I prefer `let' and do all computation before any of it is used, but you can, that's right. setq isn't (always) global unless you make a typo... -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 23+ messages in thread
* Re: don't understand setq-default 2021-04-19 3:33 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-19 6:40 ` Omar Polo 2021-04-19 13:39 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 0 siblings, 1 reply; 23+ messages in thread From: Omar Polo @ 2021-04-19 6:40 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Emanuel Berg; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes: > Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote: > >>>> my-var >>>> ;; => foo >>> >>> And now it isn't anymore so the default is there, great. >> >> No, why isn't that 7? argh! It was a contrived example, sorry. It is 7 because inside the (with-current-buffer ...) I did a (setq-default my-var 'foo), and that affected the global value. >> I must write my own version :) > > OK, so after you say it is local with `make-local-variable' it > doesn't matter you do `setq', it won't get global that way? True > No, but that's consistent actually, you can setq other local > stuff tho I prefer `let' and do all computation before any of > it is used, but you can, that's right. > > setq isn't (always) global unless you make a typo... :) Two more points: - re space vs tabs: I didn't want to make an argument on that, I was only saying that for some buffer you *may* prefer to have tabs and in other plain spaces, but that it's up to the user, buffer-local variables are away to implement such behaviour. The example of the chat was indeed better - re "pecking order": I would only think of local and global var, with the twist that the latter comes in two flavors ("real" global var and buffer-local version.) It kinda gets more complex than that when you throw into the mix file and directory-local variable and dynamic scoping tho :P (I admit I never thought about the full implication of all those types of variables) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 23+ messages in thread
* Re: don't understand setq-default 2021-04-19 6:40 ` Omar Polo @ 2021-04-19 13:39 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 0 siblings, 0 replies; 23+ messages in thread From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-19 13:39 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs Omar Polo wrote: > It was a contrived example, sorry. It is 7 because inside > the (with-current-buffer ...) I did a (setq-default my-var > 'foo), and that affected the global value. I understand now, I think it was a pretty good example actually. Why don't you keep it and possibly extend it with more examples that you might stumble upon, or if someone asks the same thing again... > Two more points: > > - re space vs tabs: I didn't want to make an argument on > that, I was only saying that for some buffer you *may* > prefer to have tabs and in other plain spaces, but that > it's up to the user, buffer-local variables are away to > implement such behaviour. Yes, so two use cases so far, fine-tuning specific behavior and the buffer instance metadata, if you will... -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 23+ messages in thread
* Re: don't understand setq-default 2021-04-19 3:06 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2021-04-19 3:23 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-19 12:49 ` Thibaut Verron 2021-04-19 17:29 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 1 sibling, 1 reply; 23+ messages in thread From: Thibaut Verron @ 2021-04-19 12:49 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs On 2021-04-19 5:06 a.m., Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote: > So the pecking order is: > local var > global var > local default > global default > I'm not sure if that's a good way to look at it. A global variable has a (global) value. You can give it a buffer-local value in a specific buffer (with make-local-variable or setq-local), in which case what you get is another variable with the same name, which is buffer local. The buffer does not see the global variable anymore. It doesn't have a default value, but its initial value is that of the global variable. On the other hand, a variable which is buffer-local-when-set is essentially always buffer-local. In that case, it has a default value (which is global) and possibly a buffer-local value. For those variables, setq is the same as setq-local: it creates a buffer-local variable if one does not exist, and sets the buffer-local value. If you really want to think of it in terms of precedence, it would be local value > default value > global value. But I can't really imagine a situation where a local variable would have the same name as a global variable and a default value different from the global value. So I find it more natural to think of it as two different situations: - for a global variable which you made local in some buffer, the precedence is local value > global value; - for a buffer-local-when-set variable, the precedence is (local) value > (global) default value. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 23+ messages in thread
* Re: don't understand setq-default 2021-04-19 12:49 ` Thibaut Verron @ 2021-04-19 17:29 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 0 siblings, 0 replies; 23+ messages in thread From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-19 17:29 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs Thibaut Verron wrote: > - for a global variable which you made local in some buffer, > the precedence is local value > global value; > > - for a buffer-local-when-set variable, the precedence is > (local) value > (global) default value. Okay, good, that makes sense and is the way I think about it intuitively as well. -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 23+ messages in thread
* Re: don't understand setq-default 2021-04-18 14:19 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2021-04-18 14:59 ` Omar Polo @ 2021-04-18 21:59 ` Jean Louis 2021-04-18 22:28 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2021-04-19 3:49 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 1 sibling, 2 replies; 23+ messages in thread From: Jean Louis @ 2021-04-18 21:59 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs * Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> [2021-04-18 17:20]: > >> OK, that explains it, buffer local values, I can't even > >> keep track of the buffers... > > > > I have used it 8 times, maybe change to setq to force > > everywhere... > > Worst thing that can happen, it will show, where I need even > more force... > > Wait, I sense there is something wrong with this thinking... > > with setq, global var > > with setq-default default val for var if not buffer-local > > how do you look for the buffer-local var? Here is how I have defined a buffer local variable: (defvar-local rcd-tabulated-marked-items nil "Collects IDs for tabulated list modes") (put 'rcd-tabulated-marked-items 'permanent-local t) -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns Sign an open letter in support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/ https://rms-support-letter.github.io/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 23+ messages in thread
* Re: don't understand setq-default 2021-04-18 21:59 ` Jean Louis @ 2021-04-18 22:28 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2021-04-19 6:44 ` Jean Louis 2021-04-19 3:49 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 1 sibling, 1 reply; 23+ messages in thread From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-18 22:28 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs Jean Louis wrote: > Here is how I have defined a buffer local variable: > > (defvar-local rcd-tabulated-marked-items nil > "Collects IDs for tabulated list modes") > (put 'rcd-tabulated-marked-items 'permanent-local t) Oh, great! No, didn't find/have any `defvar-local', good, for me that is, I'm sure it's good for something but to me it just isn't my style. And my style confirms it, even! But... from that code above it looks you set it to local twice, first by defvar-local, then by setting the permanent-local property to t? permanent-local, sounds like the default. So, it is properties as I guessed! \o/ I've used `put' 8 times, but just to change the disabled property. -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 23+ messages in thread
* Re: don't understand setq-default 2021-04-18 22:28 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-19 6:44 ` Jean Louis 2021-04-19 17:17 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 0 siblings, 1 reply; 23+ messages in thread From: Jean Louis @ 2021-04-19 6:44 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs * Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> [2021-04-19 01:29]: > Jean Louis wrote: > > > Here is how I have defined a buffer local variable: > > > > (defvar-local rcd-tabulated-marked-items nil > > "Collects IDs for tabulated list modes") > > (put 'rcd-tabulated-marked-items 'permanent-local t) > > Oh, great! No, didn't find/have any `defvar-local', good, for > me that is, I'm sure it's good for something but to me it > just isn't my style. And my style confirms it, even! > > But... from that code above it looks you set it to local > twice, first by defvar-local, then by setting the > permanent-local property to t? > > permanent-local, sounds like the default. There is in manual what it is: (info "(elisp) Creating Buffer-Local") A buffer-local variable is “permanent” if the variable name (a symbol) has a ‘permanent-local’ property that is non-‘nil’. Such variables are unaffected by ‘kill-all-local-variables’, and their local bindings are therefore not cleared by changing major modes. Permanent locals are appropriate for data pertaining to where the file came from or how to save it, rather than with how to edit the contents. As I am using the variable to extend the tabulated-list-mode, I have been following the example and explanation in file `tabulated-list.el' as below: ;; The reason `tabulated-list-format' and other variables are ;; permanent-local is to make it convenient to switch to a different ;; major mode, switch back, and have the original Tabulated List data ;; still valid. See, for example, ebuff-menu.el. That may happen sometimes. -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns Sign an open letter in support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/ https://rms-support-letter.github.io/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 23+ messages in thread
* Re: don't understand setq-default 2021-04-19 6:44 ` Jean Louis @ 2021-04-19 17:17 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 0 siblings, 0 replies; 23+ messages in thread From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-19 17:17 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs Jean Louis wrote: > There is in manual what it is: > > (info "(elisp) Creating Buffer-Local") > > A buffer-local variable is “permanent” if the variable name > (a symbol) has a ‘permanent-local’ property that is > non-‘nil’. Such variables are unaffected by > ‘kill-all-local-variables’, and their local bindings are > therefore not cleared by changing major modes. > Permanent locals are appropriate for data pertaining to > where the file came from or how to save it, rather than > with how to edit the contents. OK, so I was wrong, it is yet another type or variation of the variable concept! We need a state diagram for this... And then another one for functions! After that, if one already knows programming from somewhere else, it would be enough to just look at these two diagrams. Because what else is there to programming other than functions and variables? Oh, maybe a big note: "Don't do it, son." -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 23+ messages in thread
* Re: don't understand setq-default 2021-04-18 21:59 ` Jean Louis 2021-04-18 22:28 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-19 3:49 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2021-04-19 6:52 ` Jean Louis 1 sibling, 1 reply; 23+ messages in thread From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-19 3:49 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs Jean Louis wrote: > (put 'rcd-tabulated-marked-items 'permanent-local t) What happens if you do it like in the my-var demo only you use this method, so first you'd actually set the global var, then you'd tell it to be local! Gets soo complicated this just so you can have a bunch of buffer instances store some metadata that is common but individual. OK, maybe helpful sometimes, sounds like it... setq-local above put and permanent-local property make-local-variable keep 'em coming... -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 23+ messages in thread
* Re: don't understand setq-default 2021-04-19 3:49 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-19 6:52 ` Jean Louis 2021-04-19 17:26 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 0 siblings, 1 reply; 23+ messages in thread From: Jean Louis @ 2021-04-19 6:52 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs * Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> [2021-04-19 06:50]> Gets soo complicated this just so you can have a bunch of > buffer instances store some metadata that is common but > individual. OK, maybe helpful sometimes, sounds like it... That is what I use all the time over here, for example I search for people, I can get list of 13 people and mark them, store their ID numbers in a variable that is same as in other buffer. In other buffer maybe I mark 2 of them and wish to move them from one list to other by using buffer, similar like copy/rename in dired. Let us say there are 2 buffers, you wish to mark 3 people in the list in one buffer and 4 people in the list in other buffer, but you don't want to mix them. Their marks go into individual or buffer local variables that are named same but are different from buffer to buffer. Buffer 1 would have 3 people with ID numbers like 1, 2 and 3. Buffer 2 would have 4 people with ID numbers like 23, 28 and 29. In both cases variable is named `marked-people' It is possible to switch program execution to other buffer, fetch those values and switch back. This may be useful when one needs to merge some information, copy or rename, probably for many other uses. One could for example browse a database from Singapore in one buffer, and other from New York in other buffer and decide to merge some entries. -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns Sign an open letter in support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/ https://rms-support-letter.github.io/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 23+ messages in thread
* Re: don't understand setq-default 2021-04-19 6:52 ` Jean Louis @ 2021-04-19 17:26 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2021-04-20 5:44 ` Rounding percentages... was setq-default Jean Louis 0 siblings, 1 reply; 23+ messages in thread From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-19 17:26 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs Jean Louis wrote: > That is what I use all the time over here, for example > I search for people, I can get list of 13 people and mark > them, store their ID numbers in a variable that is same as > in other buffer. > > In other buffer maybe I mark 2 of them and wish to move > them from one list to other by using buffer, similar like > copy/rename in dired. > > Let us say there are 2 buffers, you wish to mark 3 people > in the list in one buffer and 4 people in the list in other > buffer, but you don't want to mix them. Their marks go into > individual or buffer local variables that are named same > but are different from buffer to buffer. [...] This is what you do for a living, move people between buffers? But I also have lists of people, .mailrc is one, the other is a NOC list (Non-Official Cover list) of people climbing in our tree house [1] - without here being tricked into letting the authorities score an easy win by me disclosing the list, let me say that it is a possibility that we currently have 57 people climbing, 52% from se, 16 nationalities, 54% females. Uganda (or even Africa) isn't represented so please stop by anyway dear Jessie [2] [1] https://dataswamp.org/~incal/blog/index.html [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoIiNhWEfoQ -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 23+ messages in thread
* Rounding percentages... was setq-default 2021-04-19 17:26 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-20 5:44 ` Jean Louis 2021-04-30 1:04 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 0 siblings, 1 reply; 23+ messages in thread From: Jean Louis @ 2021-04-20 5:44 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs * Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> [2021-04-19 20:28]> > Let us say there are 2 buffers, you wish to mark 3 people > > in the list in one buffer and 4 people in the list in other > > buffer, but you don't want to mix them. Their marks go into > > individual or buffer local variables that are named same > > but are different from buffer to buffer. [...] > > This is what you do for a living, move people > between buffers? I also may move goods from buffer to buffer. > But I also have lists of people, .mailrc is one, the other is > a NOC list (Non-Official Cover list) of people climbing in > our tree house [1] - without here being tricked into letting > the authorities score an easy win by me disclosing the list, > let me say that it is a possibility that we currently have 57 > people climbing, 52% from se, 16 nationalities, 54% females. (defun pct-of-number-in-total (number total) "Return the percentage that NUMBER represents in a TOTAL." (/ number total 0.01)) (defun pct-of-number-in-total-1 (number total) "Return the percentage that NUMBER represents in a TOTAL." (let* ((number (+ number 0.0)) (total (+ total 0.0)) (percent (/ total 100.0)) (percentage (/ number percent 100))) percentage)) (defun pct-list (list) "Return list that representes percentages of values in a given LIST." (let* ((total (apply '+ list))) (mapcar (lambda (item) (pct-of-number-in-total item total)) list))) (pct-list '(31 26)) ⇒ (54.385964912280706 45.614035087719294) I am not sure how do you get 54% females, maybe one of them is round? (pct-list '(30 27)) ⇒ (52.63157894736842 47.368421052631575) The round one must be coming from Sweden according to above math. -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns Sign an open letter in support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/ https://rms-support-letter.github.io/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 23+ messages in thread
* Re: Rounding percentages... was setq-default 2021-04-20 5:44 ` Rounding percentages... was setq-default Jean Louis @ 2021-04-30 1:04 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 0 siblings, 0 replies; 23+ messages in thread From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-04-30 1:04 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs Jean Louis wrote: > (pct-list '(31 26)) ⇒ (54.385964912280706 45.614035087719294) > > I am not sure how do you get 54% females, maybe one of them > is round? The output of the program, which is integrated in the NOC so cannot disclosed by programmer(s), is ;; 57 ppl climbing - 52% from se - 54% female The machine does the counting so I take it is correct :) -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 23+ messages in thread
* Re: don't understand setq-default 2021-04-18 11:40 don't understand setq-default Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2021-04-18 13:02 ` Omar Polo @ 2021-04-18 21:55 ` Jean Louis 1 sibling, 0 replies; 23+ messages in thread From: Jean Louis @ 2021-04-18 21:55 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs This explains it: (info "(elisp) Default Value") docstring is not adequately explaining the context that it relates to buffer local variables. * Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> [2021-04-18 14:42]: > I don't understand `setq-default', maybe I never did, unsure. -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns Sign an open letter in support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/ https://rms-support-letter.github.io/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 23+ messages in thread
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