Re: hl-line-mode is buffer-local in spite of its documentation

[Lute Kamstra]

Peter S Galbraith <psg.debian.org@mixing.qc.dfo.ca> writes:

> hl-line.el says that `hl-line-mode' is a global mode and that:
>
> ;; You could make variable `hl-line-mode' buffer-local to avoid
> ;; highlighting specific buffers.
>
> but somehow hl-line-mode is always a buffer-local variable after
> invoking `emacs21 -q --no-site-file'.  The side-effect is that it
> doesn't work as expected.  If you turn it on, it is enabled in only
> that buffer and not globally.  If you turn it on in a second buffer,
> it works in both buffers now, but if you turn it off in one of those
> buffers then it doesn't work in either since the hooks are removed
> globally.

Thanks for you report.  You are right.  It is already fixed in CVS.
In fact, line highlighting has changed somewhat.  You can check it out
at:

http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/emacs/emacs/lisp/hl-line.el?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain


Regards,

  Lute Kamstra.