diff --git a/luafar/lua_share/far2/luacheck_generate.lua b/luafar/lua_share/far2/luacheck_generate.lua
index 0ae4462a2..7aa1f3636 100644
--- a/luafar/lua_share/far2/luacheck_generate.lua
+++ b/luafar/lua_share/far2/luacheck_generate.lua
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ local function Generate (outname)
 
   self:Insert("\n\n")
   self:Insert("local luamacro = {")
-  self:Insert("globals = { [[MacroData]] };")
   self:Insert("read_globals = {")
   table.sort(globals_luamacro, NoCaseCmp)
   for _,name in ipairs(globals_luamacro) do
diff --git a/luafar/manuals/macroapi_manual_linux.chm b/luafar/manuals/macroapi_manual_linux.chm
index 005e08ad8..4257dac88 100644
Binary files a/luafar/manuals/macroapi_manual_linux.chm and b/luafar/manuals/macroapi_manual_linux.chm differ
diff --git a/luamacro/src/api.lua b/luamacro/src/api.lua
index 93ccee2aa..afe5a916e 100644
--- a/luamacro/src/api.lua
+++ b/luamacro/src/api.lua
@@ -675,6 +675,17 @@ function mf.printconsole(...)
     far.WriteConsole(text)
   end
 end
+
+local Persistent = {}
+function mf.GetPersistent(field)
+  assert(type(field)=="string", "arg #1 must be a string")
+  local t = Persistent[field]
+  if t == nil then
+    t = {}
+    Persistent[field] = t
+  end
+  return t
+end
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 _G.band, _G.bnot, _G.bor, _G.bxor, _G.lshift, _G.rshift =
@@ -682,7 +693,5 @@ _G.band, _G.bnot, _G.bor, _G.bxor, _G.lshift, _G.rshift =
 
 _G.eval, _G.msgbox, _G.prompt = mf.eval, mf.msgbox, mf.prompt
 
-_G.MacroData = {} -- a global table for scripts' data
-
 mf.Keys, mf.exit, mf.print = _G.Keys, _G.exit, _G.print
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