[debbugs-tracker] bug#37124: closed (Lisp snippet for TeX-electric-math in manual)

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> Lisp snippet for TeX-electric-math in manual
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> Tue, 20 Aug 2019 22:53:11 +0200
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50
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> Hi all,
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> there is a lisp snippet in the manual for `TeX-electric-math'[1]:
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>     (add-hook 'plain-TeX-mode-hook
>               (lambda () (set (make-variable-buffer-local 'TeX-electric-math)
>                               (cons "$" "$"))))
>     (add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook
>               (lambda () (set (make-variable-buffer-local 'TeX-electric-math)
>                               (cons "\\(" "\\)"))))
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> `make-variable-buffer-local' seems wrong to me, I think
> `make-local-variable' is the intended function.  Am I missing something?
> Otherwise I'd install the following patch:
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> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> diff --git a/doc/auctex.texi b/doc/auctex.texi
> index 693fdf6b..cb257572 100644
> --- a/doc/auctex.texi
> +++ b/doc/auctex.texi
> @@ -459,10 +459,10 @@ and @samp{\(...\)} in @LaTeX{} files by pressing @kbd{$}, 
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>  following to your init file
>  @lisp
>  (add-hook 'plain-TeX-mode-hook
> -         (lambda () (set (make-variable-buffer-local 'TeX-electric-math)
> +         (lambda () (set (make-local-variable 'TeX-electric-math)
>                           (cons "$" "$"))))
>  (add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook
> -         (lambda () (set (make-variable-buffer-local 'TeX-electric-math)
> +         (lambda () (set (make-local-variable 'TeX-electric-math)
>                           (cons "\\(" "\\)"))))
>  @end lisp
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
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> Best, Arash
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> Footnotes:
> [1]  
> https://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/manual/auctex.html#index-TeX_002delectric_002dmath
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> Fri, 23 Aug 2019 00:20:29 +0200
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> Mosè Giordano <address@hidden> writes:
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> > On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 at 22:57, Arash Esbati <address@hidden> wrote:
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> >> Hi all,
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> >> there is a lisp snippet in the manual for `TeX-electric-math'[1]:
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> >>     (add-hook 'plain-TeX-mode-hook
> >>               (lambda () (set (make-variable-buffer-local 'TeX-electric-math)
> >>                               (cons "$" "$"))))
> >>     (add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook
> >>               (lambda () (set (make-variable-buffer-local 'TeX-electric-math)
> >>                               (cons "\\(" "\\)"))))
> >>
> >> `make-variable-buffer-local' seems wrong to me, I think
> >> `make-local-variable' is the intended function.
> >
> > I think you're correct.
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> Hi Mosè,
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> thanks for your response.  I've pushed the change.  Closing this one.
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> Best, Arash
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