Index: etc/NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/etc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.506
diff -u -r1.506 NEWS
--- etc/NEWS	2001/11/03 19:17:39	1.506
+++ etc/NEWS	2001/11/04 16:49:00
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
 
 * Changes in Emacs 21.2
 
+** Display of hollow cursors now uses the buffer-local value of
+`cursor-in-non-selected-windows' in the buffer associated with the
+cursor, if any, instead of using the value in the currently selected
+buffer.
+
 ** The default values of `tooltip-delay' and `tooltip-hide-delay'
 were changed.
 
@@ -107,6 +112,15 @@
 
 
 * Lisp Changes in Emacs 21.2
+
++++
+** New function `buffer-local-value'.
+
+- Function: buffer-local-value variable buffer
+
+This function returns the buffer-local binding of VARIABLE (a symbol)
+in buffer BUFFER.  If VARIABLE does not have a buffer-local binding in
+buffer BUFFER, the default value of VARIABLE is returned instead.
 
 ** The default value of paragraph-start and indent-line-function has
 been changed to reflect the one used in text-mode rather than the one
Index: lispref/variables.texi
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lispref/variables.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.28
diff -u -r1.28 variables.texi
--- lispref/variables.texi	2001/10/06 10:43:08	1.28
+++ lispref/variables.texi	2001/11/04 16:49:03
@@ -1359,6 +1359,13 @@
 list does @emph{not} change the buffer-local values of the variables.
 @end defun
 
address@hidden buffer-local-value variable buffer
+This function returns the buffer-local binding of @var{variable} (a
+symbol) in buffer @var{buffer}.  If @var{variable} does not have a
+buffer-local binding in buffer @var{buffer}, the default value
+(@pxref{Default Value}) of @var{variable} is returned instead.
address@hidden defun
+
 @deffn Command kill-local-variable variable
 This function deletes the buffer-local binding (if any) for
 @var{variable} (a symbol) in the current buffer.  As a result, the