Re: hideshow.el: permanent local variables

[David Kastrup]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     hideshow.el gives several variables the permanent-local property:
>
>     hs-minor-mode, hs-c-start-regexp, hs-block-start-regexp
>     hs-block-start-mdata-select, hs-block-end-regexp, hs-forward-sexp-func
>     hs-adjust-block-beginning
>
>     I don't understand why this is desirable; indeed it leads to at least
>     one problem.
>
> The reason for giving something a `permanent-local' property is so it
> will survive a change in major modes.
>
> I don't know what's going on hideshow, but is there some reason one
> might want these settings to survive a change in major mode?
> (It does seem unlikely.)

Maybe something to do with mmm-mode?  I don't know how this works in
detail.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum