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24.2.50; Non-ignored case in insert-char

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Harald Hanche-Olsen <hanche <at> math.ntnu.no>
Cc: 12615 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12615: 24.2.50; Non-ignored case in insert-char
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:31:02 -0400

Harald Hanche-Olsen wrote:

> If I am right, then making completion-ignore-case buffer-local makes
> no sense, as it can't have any effect. (If you're curious, mew does
> this. I should contact the author to find out why.)

I notice that progmodes/idlwave.el and progmodes/idlw-shell.el in Emacs
do this too.

> But I can't find anything in the elisp manual about how let operates
> on buffer-local variables.

As Andreas said, it has an explicit example of this kind of issue with a
bold "Warning" notice.

http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Intro-to-Buffer_002dLocal.html

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