From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17489: 24.3; Major mode spec in .dir-locals.el breaks dired Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 21:17:36 +0300 Message-ID: <83oaz0ns1r.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87d2fg6dcn.fsf@gmail.com> <831tvwpfar.fsf@gnu.org> <87vbt846jk.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1400091515 17620 80.91.229.3 (14 May 2014 18:18:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 18:18:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 17489@debbugs.gnu.org To: Sergio Pokrovskij Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 14 20:18:28 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Wkdkw-0007VY-Sy for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 May 2014 20:18:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53539 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wkdkw-0003nM-Ea for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 May 2014 14:18:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42480) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wkdkm-0003eY-3p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 May 2014 14:18:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wkdkg-0000yR-7T for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 May 2014 14:18:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:46439) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wkdkg-0000yN-4L for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 May 2014 14:18:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Wkdkf-0001ig-Rd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 May 2014 14:18:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 18:18:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17489 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 17489-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17489.14000914696584 (code B ref 17489); Wed, 14 May 2014 18:18:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17489) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 May 2014 18:17:49 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35557 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WkdkS-0001i8-Ps for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 14 May 2014 14:17:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout28.012.net.il ([80.179.55.184]:35495) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WkdkP-0001hq-Um for 17489@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 14 May 2014 14:17:46 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout28.012.net.il by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0N5K00G00T9ZCU00@mtaout28.012.net.il> for 17489@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 14 May 2014 21:15:54 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0N5K00DJJTEIAQ30@mtaout28.012.net.il>; Wed, 14 May 2014 21:15:54 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <87vbt846jk.fsf@gmail.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:89092 Archived-At: > From: Sergio Pokrovskij > Cc: 17489@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 00:24:47 +0700 > > Eli> IOW, why isn't that .dir-locals.el setting of yours not a > Eli> cockpit error? > > Because there is no appropriate means to impose a reasonable > condition. Just the "nil" or a major mode name. It may happen > that I do not know the a-priori mode; actually it is mode that I > would like to set. Why would someone want to apply a fixed major mode to all the files in a directory? > ,---- > | Whenever Emacs visits any file IN THAT DIRECTORY or any of its > | subdirectories, it will apply the directory-local variables > | specified in `.dir-locals.el', AS THOUGH THEY HAD BEEN DEFINED AS > | FILE-LOCAL VARIABLES for that file ... > `---- Are you saying that "." is not a file?