Re: controlling window-configuration changes

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

knubee wrote:
> > add-hook need a function, not a variable. See
> >
> >    C-h f add-hook RET
>
> thanks for the pointer.
>
> i tried:
>
>   (defun my-truncate ()
>      (setq truncate-partial-width-windows nil))
>
>   (add-hook 'moinmoin-mode-hook 'my-truncate)
>
> this "works" -- but only in the sense that all buffers and modes now
> treat truncate-partial-width-windows as nil. which seems equivalent to
> just setq'ing it at the global level. so i also tried:

Sorry, I should have checked what you where trying to set.

You have to make the variable buffer local to. Try

(defun my-truncate ()
  (set (make-local-variable 'truncate-partial-width-windows) nil))