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From: filebat Mark <filebat.mark@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Cc: Denny Zhang <markfilebat@126.com>
Subject: what's the mystery of file-name variable?
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:39:02 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAB_ojTtbZ=gq+wUamDO05cUJB_yk60UT7ivJ66svo56rFUnxXQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

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Hi emacsers

Below is quite strange to me.

(setq file-name "test")
(describe-variable 'file-name)
,----------- output
| "file-name's value is nil
|
| Documentation:
| Not documented as a variable."
`-----------

Why file-name is not changed?

-- 
Thanks & Regards

Denny Zhang

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             reply	other threads:[~2011-10-27 16:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-27 16:39 filebat Mark [this message]
2011-10-27 16:44 ` what's the mystery of file-name variable? Drew Adams
2011-10-27 16:47   ` filebat Mark
2011-10-27 17:01     ` Drew Adams
2011-11-18 15:48     ` S Boucher

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