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24.0.92; Local variable bibtex-dialect has no effect

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Roland Winkler" <winkler <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, Uwe Siart <uwe.siart <at> tum.de>, 10254 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10254: 24.0.92; Local variable bibtex-dialect has no effect
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:21:22 -0500

>> I'd expect one "typical" usage is to have (setq bibtex-dialect 'biblatex)
>> in the .emacs file somewhere.  With your new code, the effect of this
>> setq will depend on whether bibtex.el is loaded before or after
>> executing the setq.
>> That's my main source of worry.
> I don't see a "normal" usage of bibtex.el where something in the
> init file could result in an early loading of this file such that it
> could matter where in the init file this variable is set. (The code

All I'm saying is that using explicit make-local-variable calls when you
set the variable buffer-locally, instead of using a global
make-variable-buffer-local will eliminate this potential problem, no
matter how remote.


        Stefan

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