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changeset 80262:22717831546c
More info on how to replace make-variable-frame-local.
| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:30:51 +0000 |
| parents | 4af0bb174714 |
| children | 5a10ddb5551f |
| files | etc/NEWS |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/etc/NEWS Sat Mar 01 19:16:02 2008 +0000 +++ b/etc/NEWS Sat Mar 01 20:30:51 2008 +0000 @@ -135,7 +135,15 @@ * Lisp Changes in Emacs 22.2. ** Frame-local variables are deprecated and are slated for removal. -Use frame parameters instead. +They can easily be emulated. Rather than calling `make-variable-frame-local' +and accessing the variable value directly, explicitly check for a +frame-parameter, and if there is one, use its value in preference to +that of the variable. Eg: +(let ((fp (assoc 'var (frame-parameters)))) + ;; Use frame-parameter, even if nil. + (if fp (cdr fp) + ;; Else use normal variable value. + var)) ** The function invisible-p returns non-nil if the character after a specified position is invisible.