From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: don't understand setq-default Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:59:36 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87mttvx1lo.fsf@zoho.eu> <87eef7ycd9.fsf@omarpolo.com> <87blabww2u.fsf@zoho.eu> <877dkzww0r.fsf@zoho.eu> <8735vnwu8z.fsf@zoho.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="28353"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0.6 (2021-03-06) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 19 00:05:04 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lYFXK-0007Eh-SP for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:05:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38868 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lYFXJ-0001Sa-VZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 18 Apr 2021 18:05:01 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34950) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lYFX1-0001SU-UD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Apr 2021 18:04:43 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:50425) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lYFX0-0004Up-EK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Apr 2021 18:04:43 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:197.157.0.62]) (AUTH: PLAIN securesender, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 00000000000280C9.00000000607CACF7.000078F5; Sun, 18 Apr 2021 15:04:39 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8735vnwu8z.fsf@zoho.eu> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: 29 X-Spam_score: 2.9 X-Spam_bar: ++ X-Spam_report: (2.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_SBL_CSS=3.335, RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB=1.5, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:129052 Archived-At: * Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [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/