GNU bug report logs - #1013
23.0.60; permanent-local not honored for word-wrap

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:40:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 1013-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 1013-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1013: 23.0.60; permanent-local not honored for word-wrap
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:26:15 -0400

>   (put 'word-wrap 'permanent-local t)
>   (setq word-wrap t)
>   (kill-all-local-variables)

> and then look at word-wrap. It is nil, but it should be t.

Why should it?  word-wrap is automatically made local, so the `setq' is
really like (set (make-local-variable 'word-wrap) t), thus not changing
the global value at which is you'll be looking in the end.


        Stefan
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