Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Re: switch-to-buffer should not record output buffer

[David Kastrup]

Reiner Steib <address@hidden> writes:

> On Thu, Sep 14 2006, David Kastrup wrote:
>
>> Reiner Steib <address@hidden> writes:
>>> +(defvar TeX-record-buffer (featurep 'xemacs)
>>                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>> +  "Whether to record buffer names of genearated TeX buffers.
>>> +When non-nil, these buffers are put at the front of the list of
>>> +recently selected ones.
>>> +
>>> +This variable has no effect in XEmacs because XEmacs' version of
>>    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>> What use is there in setting the variable specifically on XEmacs, when
>> XEmacs ignores it?
>
> `TeX-record-buffer' is supposed to express the user's preference (in
> fact, I will make it customizable before committing it) as also Emacs
> users might prefer recording the buffers.  I thought using (featurep
> 'xemacs) as default might be slightly better than nil, because in
> XEmacs `TeX-pop-to-buffer' always behaves as if `TeX-record-buffer' is
> t.  (But I don't have a strong opinion on this.)

Why define it in the first place if XEmacs will ignore it?

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