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Re: equivalent of make-local-variable for defun?
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: equivalent of make-local-variable for defun? |
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Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:47:08 -0500 |
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In article
<1d3363bf-4c06-4424-832a-5abe06f560a0@z6g2000pre.googlegroups.com>,
jrwats <jrwats@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to fix a mode using comint for an inferior lisp that
> apparently needs to overwrite comint-send-region. I'd rather it not
> overwrite ALL buffers' (including my shell-mode buffer) comint-send-
> region function.
>
> Is there a way to define a function but local to the current buffer as
> when you define a local variable in make-local-variable?
You could define around-advice on the function that checks the mode, or
looks at the value of a buffer-local variable. If it's in a buffer that
needs your fix, it runs the advice, otherwise it falls through to the
regular function.
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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