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Re: make-variable-buffer-local change
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Juanma Barranquero |
Subject: |
Re: make-variable-buffer-local change |
Date: |
Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:42:15 +0200 |
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 03:30, Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote:
> I understand you. But currently, nobody really knows what
> list-buffers-directory is for.
The elisp ref says:
-- Variable: list-buffers-directory
This buffer-local variable specifies a string to display in a
buffer listing where the visited file name would go, for buffers
that don't have a visited file name. Dired buffers use this
variable.
and that's how list-buffers, ibuffer and now bs use it. It makes sense.
> Then uniquify appeared and abused it for some slightly different purpose
[...]
> Maybe 2 variables are in order, or maybe the
> shell-mode case (which shouldn't influence uniquify) should use
> a different value than just a string, so uniquify can tell whether to
> use the value or not without having to check the major-mode.
I think uniquify should use another variable.
> Also its name should be changed because it's not just for "list-buffers"
> any more. Maybe buffer-file-name-replacement or
> pseudo-buffer-file-name, or buffer-quasi-file-name, or ...
The way it is used (other than in uniquify), it's more of a directory
than a filename, I think. buffer-working-directory, something like
that, perhaps.
Juanma
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, (continued)
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Juanma Barranquero, 2009/09/25
- RE: make-variable-buffer-local change, Drew Adams, 2009/09/25
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Juanma Barranquero, 2009/09/25
- RE: make-variable-buffer-local change, Drew Adams, 2009/09/25
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/09/25
- RE: make-variable-buffer-local change, Drew Adams, 2009/09/25
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/09/26
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Stefan Monnier, 2009/09/25
- RE: make-variable-buffer-local change, Drew Adams, 2009/09/25
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Stefan Monnier, 2009/09/25
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change,
Juanma Barranquero <=
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/09/26
Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Dan Nicolaescu, 2009/09/25
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Juanma Barranquero, 2009/09/25
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Dan Nicolaescu, 2009/09/25
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Juanma Barranquero, 2009/09/25
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Dan Nicolaescu, 2009/09/25
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Juanma Barranquero, 2009/09/25
Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Tom Tromey, 2009/09/25
Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Stefan Monnier, 2009/09/25
Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Stefan Monnier, 2009/09/25