GNU bug report logs - #3463
23.0.94; describe-variable misses buffer local value for long outputs

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 20:30:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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

From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 3463 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#3463: 23.0.94;describe-variable misses buffer local value for 
	long outputs
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 22:46:12 +0200

Thanks Drew, your are right. It is there. I just did not see it.

So this is not a bug. Sorry for the trouble.


On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:42 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> wrote:
>> describe-variable overwrites its own input when showing the value of a
>> buffer local variable that has a default value with long output. To
>> show this start from "emacs -Q" and in *scratch* write
>>
>>   (set (make-local-variable 'auto-mode-alist) nil)
>>
>> and eval it. Then show the value of auto-mode-alist in *scratch* with
>> describe-variable.
>
> I did that, but I don't see the problem. Can you describe (or show)
> what the problem is that you see? What do you mean by "overwrites
> its own input"?
>
> In GNU Emacs 23.0.94.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
>  of 2009-05-24 on SOFT-MJASON
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
> configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4)'
>
>
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