How about this patch? On 2018-03-07, at 10:09, Marcin Borkowski wrote: > On 2018-03-06, at 23:23, Drew Adams wrote: > >>> Where is it documented? I could find it neither in the Elisp >>> Reference nor in let's docstring. >> >> You might need to read a tiny bit between the lines, but this >> (from (elisp) `Local Variables') pretty much suggests it: >> >> Sometimes it is useful to give a variable a "local value"-a >> value that takes effect only within a certain part of a Lisp >> program. >> >> It might have said "is in effect" instead of "takes effect". >> >> To take another example, the 'let' special form explicitly >> establishes local bindings for specific variables, which >> take effect within the body of the 'let' form. >> >> Again, "are in effect only" instead of "take effect". >> >> (Consider suggesting a doc improvement for this point - >> `M-x report-emacs-bug'. And yes, probably the doc string >> should mention "_local_ variable".) > > Thanks (to you, and also to Nick) for pointing me here. I would not > call this very explicit;-). I'll try to prepare a patch for the docs > today. > > Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl