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Re: .emacs-settings.el
From: |
Juri Linkov |
Subject: |
Re: .emacs-settings.el |
Date: |
Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:07:50 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> I think you've missed the difference between a hidden file anywhere in
> the directory tree and in a well-known location. We're talking about a
> {project,dir-locals}.el file that in /a, /a/b, /a/b/c, or /a/b/c/d could
> affect the settings for /a/b/c/d/* and every file under that. You'd
> have to do a `find` to get all the hidden files (or some equivalent
> shell game). That's what I mean by "suprising" and "hidden." Only a
> few applications put such hidden settings files outside the home
> directory, I can think only of the CVS .cvsignore and Subversion .svn
> directories at the moment. Emacs doesn't do that AFAIK, so it would be
> at least a little surprising to current users. I personally think it
> would be a bad design decision.
I think this problem can be completely mitigated exactly with the same
solution you already proposed, i.e. C-h v and customize-variable should
say that the variable's value is overridden by .project.el or .settings.el
(like C-h f says that the function is advised).
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
- .emacs-settings.el, Robert J. Chassell, 2007/09/05
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Davis Herring, 2007/09/05
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Juri Linkov, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Robert J. Chassell, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Ted Zlatanov, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Michaƫl Cadilhac, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Ted Zlatanov, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, David Kastrup, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Ted Zlatanov, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el,
Juri Linkov <=
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Ted Zlatanov, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Stefan Monnier, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Ted Zlatanov, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Miles Bader, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Stefan Monnier, 2007/09/07
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Ted Zlatanov, 2007/09/07
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, David Kastrup, 2007/09/07
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Ted Zlatanov, 2007/09/07
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Davis Herring, 2007/09/07
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Robert J. Chassell, 2007/09/06