From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juanma Barranquero Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: make-variable-buffer-local change Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:41:05 +0200 Message-ID: References: <200909251609.n8PG97YN020225@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> <6A896C20C65941FE96D239B7E5A1C667@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1253900545 2769 80.91.229.12 (25 Sep 2009 17:42:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:42:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Dan Nicolaescu , Lennart Borgman , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 25 19:42:18 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MrEoD-0004aJ-63 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:42:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40133 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MrEoC-0003xB-Kz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:42:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MrEnU-0003Xa-HK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:41:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MrEnP-0003Vs-Jt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:41:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54546 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MrEnP-0003Vm-BW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:41:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-bw0-f220.google.com ([209.85.218.220]:34259) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MrEnO-0002jA-TR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:41:27 -0400 Original-Received: by bwz20 with SMTP id 20so2372109bwz.42 for ; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:41:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=K5X/C11SYw1higFSOe0M4+awdLWcHesn3jvhzIKxuqU=; b=sbHn40KLPOjVeGRlxOnNfsxCJACShNMqqVRXoYtY7xcqycA9Pl7bwP7vb1H1ZWZIqt KyBzAufSzSMKYg7JGy44Q/YzhIgpo16DVdj/YCjD8Fx1B0N+ARe91VxlrrGUe7PD1wWT CQoYCzPZNBblWRkAGqxRSJ98A/P9ZfH98Dfxg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=ApCma5DVPSPWkE0PxVG+bcW8xoMOVuXou5MKFiQU1i5/x00DKWYQt4vUYQWC7W0T2U DvXPc2ureCyqRVMAaiWLI3vFelBLwonf4swkevBNcllH1mkZVsHip/FXI32DjJQJx1FK BSAx1oWVO6b5YoUCVwlRv7ASKDKNusR9YMK3Y= Original-Received: by 10.239.144.90 with SMTP id n26mr37920hba.133.1253900485141; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:41:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <6A896C20C65941FE96D239B7E5A1C667@us.oracle.com> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:115624 Archived-At: On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 19:35, Drew Adams wrote: > Interesting that the doc string would say that Dired uses this. It does not, > AFAICT - it _sets_ this var, so that others, such as buff-menu can use it. The > same thing holds for shell, AFAICT. > > "Use" here should mean uses the variable to display its value in a buffer > listing (as the first part of the doc string suggests). > > IOW, the only modes the doc string mentions as examples of using this variable > do not in fact use it - they do not display buffer listings at all. Instead, > they merely set the value so that others can use it. I'd say "use" covers both kinds of use, but I'll defer to natives. > Please correct the doc string accordingly. Don't hesitate to send a patch and I'll commit it ASAP. Juanma