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Re: Propagating local variables?
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: Propagating local variables? |
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Thu, 17 May 2018 22:32:55 -0400 |
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> The parent is the buffer where you create the variables that will extend to
> any children spawned "on behalf" of that buffer. So, not every buffer you
> create while currently visiting that buffer, but those which match some kind
> of predicate.
That makes sense to me. But I see two ways to do it:
* choose which buffers are its children
based on filtering their names.
* specify, when creating a buffer, what parent buffer (if any) it
should have.
I think the second way will be better controlled, because it won't
depend on heuristics.
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Re: Propagating local variables?, Richard Stallman, 2018/05/16
Re: Propagating local variables?, Shea Levy, 2018/05/17