GNU bug report logs - #75828
[PATCH] Correct make-frame docstring vis-a-vis make_frame.c

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 14:15:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Fixed in version 31.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #44 received at 75828 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 75828 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, stefankangas <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#75828: [PATCH] Correct make-frame docstring vis-a-vis
 make_frame.c
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 09:52:45 +0100

> If we use a buffer local, I'll have to remove it after make-frame is
> complete. If a let-bound variable, users would not have to remember to do
> this. Either way, make_frame needs to ignore the specified buffer that
> happens to be hidden.

But a variable is not by design "let-bound".  When this variable is
automatically buffer-local a user can choose

- whether a specific hidden buffer may be shown or not by setting the
  buffer-local value

- whether any hidden buffer may be shown or not by setting the default
  value

- whether only a specific 'make-frame' call is affected by using a
  let-binding.

martin
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