From a1c0746110fd41e3edbe9f743147bc27727f3616 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 15:56:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Creating Buffer-Local): Add buffer-local-value. (Variable Aliases): Clarify defvralias. --- lispref/variables.texi | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/lispref/variables.texi b/lispref/variables.texi index 268b8788500..bbed104a42b 100644 --- a/lispref/variables.texi +++ b/lispref/variables.texi @@ -1318,6 +1318,12 @@ This returns @code{t} if @var{variable} is buffer-local in buffer @code{nil}. @end defun +@defun buffer-local-value variable buffer +This returns the value of @var{variable} that is currently in +effect in @var{buffer}. If it has no buffer-local binding in +@var{buffer}, this function returns the default value. +@end defun + @defun buffer-local-variables &optional buffer This function returns a list describing the buffer-local variables in buffer @var{buffer}. (If @var{buffer} is omitted, the current buffer is @@ -1666,15 +1672,15 @@ chosen, or because its meaning has partly changed---it can be useful to keep the old name as an @emph{alias} of the new one for compatibility. You can do this with @code{defvaralias}. -@defun defvaralias alias-var base-var [docstring] +@defun defvaralias alias-var base-var &optional docstring This function defines the symbol @var{alias-var} as a variable alias for symbol @var{base-var}. This means that retrieving the value of @var{alias-var} returns the value of @var{base-var}, and changing the value of @var{alias-var} changes the value of @var{base-var}. -If the @var{docstring} argument is present, it specifies the documentation for -@var{alias-var}; otherwise, it has the same documentation as @var{base-var}, -if any. +If the @var{docstring} argument is non-@code{nil}, it specifies the +documentation for @var{alias-var}; otherwise, the alias gets the same +documentation as @var{base-var} has, if any. @end defun @defun indirect-variable variable -- 2.39.2