GNU bug report logs - #20521
Viper version is 3.14.2 of July 4, 2013; After some hours of use I don't enter viper mode automatically on new files

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Reported by: Alan Morgan <Alan.Morgan <at> nextlabs.com>

Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 23:40:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 20521 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Nick Andryshak <nandryshak <at> gmail.com>, Alan Morgan
 <Alan.Morgan <at> nextlabs.com>
Cc: 20521 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#20521: Bug 2051
Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 14:42:22 -0700 (PDT)

> I think you may misunderstand: setq always sets a global variable.

Since when?

  -- Macro: setq-local variable value
     This macro creates a buffer-local binding in the current buffer for
     VARIABLE, and gives it the buffer-local value VALUE.  It is
     equivalent to calling `make-local-variable' followed by `setq'.
     VARIABLE should be an unquoted symbol.

Note the last sentence, which points out that `setq' does not always
set a global variable.  If it did, then so would `setq-local',
according to that text.
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