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Lisp snippet for TeX-electric-math in manual

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From: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
To: auctex-bugs <bug-auctex <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Lisp snippet for TeX-electric-math in manual
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 22:53:11 +0200

Hi all,

there is a lisp snippet in the manual for `TeX-electric-math'[1]:

    (add-hook 'plain-TeX-mode-hook
              (lambda () (set (make-variable-buffer-local 'TeX-electric-math)
                              (cons "$" "$"))))
    (add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook
              (lambda () (set (make-variable-buffer-local 'TeX-electric-math)
                              (cons "\\(" "\\)"))))

`make-variable-buffer-local' seems wrong to me, I think
`make-local-variable' is the intended function.  Am I missing something?
Otherwise I'd install the following patch:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
diff --git a/doc/auctex.texi b/doc/auctex.texi
index 693fdf6b..cb257572 100644
--- a/doc/auctex.texi
+++ b/doc/auctex.texi
@@ -459,10 +459,10 @@ and @samp{\(...\)} in @LaTeX{} files by pressing @kbd{$}, add the
 following to your init file
 @lisp
 (add-hook 'plain-TeX-mode-hook
-         (lambda () (set (make-variable-buffer-local 'TeX-electric-math)
+         (lambda () (set (make-local-variable 'TeX-electric-math)
                          (cons "$" "$"))))
 (add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook
-         (lambda () (set (make-variable-buffer-local 'TeX-electric-math)
+         (lambda () (set (make-local-variable 'TeX-electric-math)
                          (cons "\\(" "\\)"))))
 @end lisp
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Best, Arash

Footnotes:
[1]  https://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/manual/auctex.html#index-TeX_002delectric_002dmath

Message #8 received at 37124 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mosè Giordano <mose <at> gnu.org>
To: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 37124 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37124: Lisp snippet for TeX-electric-math in manual
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 10:59:03 +0200

Hi Arash,

On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 at 22:57, Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> there is a lisp snippet in the manual for `TeX-electric-math'[1]:
>
>     (add-hook 'plain-TeX-mode-hook
>               (lambda () (set (make-variable-buffer-local 'TeX-electric-math)
>                               (cons "$" "$"))))
>     (add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook
>               (lambda () (set (make-variable-buffer-local 'TeX-electric-math)
>                               (cons "\\(" "\\)"))))
>
> `make-variable-buffer-local' seems wrong to me, I think
> `make-local-variable' is the intended function.

I think you're correct.

Bye,
Mosè

Message #13 received at 37124-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
To: Mosè Giordano <mose <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 37124-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37124: Lisp snippet for TeX-electric-math in manual
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 00:20:29 +0200

Mosè Giordano <mose <at> gnu.org> writes:

> On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 at 22:57, Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> there is a lisp snippet in the manual for `TeX-electric-math'[1]:
>>
>>     (add-hook 'plain-TeX-mode-hook
>>               (lambda () (set (make-variable-buffer-local 'TeX-electric-math)
>>                               (cons "$" "$"))))
>>     (add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook
>>               (lambda () (set (make-variable-buffer-local 'TeX-electric-math)
>>                               (cons "\\(" "\\)"))))
>>
>> `make-variable-buffer-local' seems wrong to me, I think
>> `make-local-variable' is the intended function.
>
> I think you're correct.

Hi Mosè,

thanks for your response.  I've pushed the change.  Closing this one.

Best, Arash

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