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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1994-05-28 15:27:52 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1994-05-28 15:27:52 +0000 |
| commit | 1fb8167a1e64d971bfe918b4bb788cad95f6b8f9 (patch) | |
| tree | 6f40b7d935a4d4fce9de7dc9d4fb09dafa8c522b /lispref/variables.texi | |
| parent | c8692120e02bd488a730848a764f8dbe266eb787 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-1fb8167a1e64d971bfe918b4bb788cad95f6b8f9.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/lispref/variables.texi b/lispref/variables.texi index ffee1a39c45..a7fbb56e590 100644 --- a/lispref/variables.texi +++ b/lispref/variables.texi @@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ of @var{symbol} to the result, provided @var{value} is given. If @var{symbol} has a buffer-local binding in the current buffer, @code{defconst} sets the default value, not the local value. -@strong{Please note:} don't use @code{defconst} for user option +@strong{Please note:} Don't use @code{defconst} for user option variables in libraries that are not standardly preloaded. The user should be able to specify a value for such a variable in the @file{.emacs} file, so that it will be in effect if and when the library @@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ then the variable is a user option. the variable. The property's value is used as if it were the argument to @code{interactive}. - @strong{Warning:} if the @code{defconst} and @code{defvar} special + @strong{Warning:} If the @code{defconst} and @code{defvar} special forms are used while the variable has a local binding, they set the local binding's value; the global binding is not changed. This is not what we really want. To prevent it, use these special forms at top @@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ located textually within the function or block that binds the variable. @cindex CL note---special variables @quotation -@b{Common Lisp note:} variables declared ``special'' in Common Lisp +@b{Common Lisp note:} Variables declared ``special'' in Common Lisp are dynamically scoped, like variables in Emacs Lisp. @end quotation @@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ the (default) global binding untouched. The global value can no longer be changed with @code{setq}; you need to use @code{setq-default} to do that. - @strong{Warning:} when a variable has local values in one or more + @strong{Warning:} When a variable has local values in one or more buffers, you can get Emacs very confused by binding the variable with @code{let}, changing to a different current buffer in which a different binding is in effect, and then exiting the @code{let}. This can |