> Compilation mode uses local variables but I see that Gnus uses the > global value. It might be a good idea (after the release?) to remove > the variable overlay-arrow-position and initialise > overlay-arrow-variable-list to nil. That way everyone would be forced > to create their own overlay-arrow. > > That would be a hassle, and I see no motive to justify it. > So my decision is no.
I think the motive is quite clear but perhaps it would be too inconvenient. At the moment Gnus and Edebug use the global value for overlay-arrow-position which presumably makes debugging Gnus with Edebug a bit awkward. FWIW using overlay-arrow-position as a local variable, like compile does, means that the overlay-arrow-string is not visible on text-only terminals. Nick _______________________________________________ Emacs-pretest-bug mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-pretest-bug
