Re: project variable patch #2

[Richard Stallman]

    +  Emacs provides a way to specify local variable values per-project.

The term "project" is misleading for this.  A project is an activity,
not a collection of code.  Your project for this week could be to
add a new feature to Emacs, but the directory would not be for
your project, it would be for Emacs.

Let's call them "local variable values for a whole directory".

This means changing the node name, section title, and text.

Changing the function names is also called for.

    +  This example shows some settings that would be appropriate for GCC.

"appropriate for the GCC source code".
("Appropriate for GCC" is ambiguous.)

      Finally, a string key can
    +be used to specify an alist which applies to a relative subdirectory
    +in the project.
    +

Please avoid the passive voice.

    +  When reading settings from a file like this, Emacs automatically

...from this file...