Re: Updated project-specific settings patch

[David Kastrup]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

> Better use the same buffer name *Local Variables*.
>
>> +       ((file-exists-p (concat dir ".dir-settings.el"))
>> +    (setq result (concat dir ".dir-settings.el")))
>
> In most cases, we'd prefer (expand-file-name ".dir-settings.el" dir)
> over the use of `concat'.  The only exception I know is when `dir' is
> relative and it's important for the result also be relative.

If the file name or directory has been read directly from disk and thus
may contain "~" or "~USER" as valid literal components, you don't want
to have those expanded.

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