GNU bug report logs - #76912
31.0.50; hack-local-variables docstring inaccurate about directory-local variables

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Reported by: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>

Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 08:59:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 31.0.50

Done: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 76912 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#76912: 31.0.50; hack-local-variables docstring inaccurate about directory-local variables
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:36:13 +0800

Hello,

On Mon 10 Mar 2025 at 06:51pm +02, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> The code clearly calls hack-dir-local-variables, and has been doing so
> since 2008, AFAICT.  As usual, we changed the code, but failed pt
> update the doc string.
>
> Note that the ELisp manual keeps silence about this aspect of
> hack-local-variables.
>
> It would be good to document which directory is used for non-file
> buffers, btw.

Okay, thanks for confirming, I will fix the docstring and manual.

-- 
Sean Whitton
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