Re: status of dir-vars or dir-locals inclusion in emacs?

[Vagn Johansen]

Tom Tromey <address@hidden> writes:

>>>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>> First, you can create a "settings.el" or ".settings.el" file in a
>>> project's top-level directory.  This file holds a sexp that looks like
>
> Stefan> I feel uneasy about this name.  It seems just too generic.
>
> Yeah, I agree.
>
> Stefan> How 'bout "dir-local-settings" instead?
>
> Stefan> I'm also tempted to add "emacs" in the name, but I guess that
> Stefan> the ".el" extension can be considered sufficient information
> Stefan> (and after all, we don't use the "Emacs" name in the "Local
> Stefan> Variables" section cookies either).
>
> Mentioning Emacs wouldn't be too bad.  "dir-local-settings" is too
> long for my taste.
>
> How about ".emacs-settings"?

Good choice. It also follows "tradition" because dirvars.el uses
.emacs-dirvars and dir-locals.el uses .emacs-locals.

May I suggest that project-find-file ignores remote files. I had an
Emacs instance going to 100% cpu usage when locating settings for
an FTP file.


Index: project.el
===================================================================
--- project.el  (revision 78)
+++ project.el  (working copy)
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun project-find-file ()
   "Set local variables in a buffer based on project settings."
-  (when (buffer-file-name)
+  (when (and (buffer-file-name) (not (file-remote-p (buffer-file-name))))
     ;; Find the settings file.
     (let ((settings (project-find-settings-file (buffer-file-name)))
           (class nil) 



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Vagn Johansen