From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: files.el: Patch to make project-settings optional/customizable Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:41:33 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <200811182341.mAINfXaH002637@mothra.ics.uci.edu> References: <5f0ff9220811130629t505badf9kb1bcc380df89a08f@mail.gmail.com> <87y6zn4pqw.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <200811131607.mADG71u6010167@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <200811131619.mADGJukm010206@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <87prkz4kgh.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <200811131728.mADHSH2M010654@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <871vxflbxb.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <200811131848.mADImPMQ011099@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <200811181636.mAIGa9Lx000571@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <87prks6693.fsf@jurta.org> <874p24mwwz.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1227051769 1146 80.91.229.12 (18 Nov 2008 23:42:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:42:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , Tom Tromey , emacs-devel@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier , "T.V. Raman" To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 19 00:43:50 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1L2aEU-0006UT-K4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:43:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44521 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L2aDM-0007N8-1i for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:42:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L2aCh-000770-3f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:41:55 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L2aCf-00075v-BU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:41:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35643 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L2aCf-00075o-77 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:41:53 -0500 Original-Received: from sallyv2.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.120]:47481) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L2aCf-0001ea-4w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:41:53 -0500 Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by sallyv2.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id mAINfZum027925; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:41:35 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: (from dann@localhost) by mothra.ics.uci.edu (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.6/Submit) id mAINfXaH002637; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:41:33 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <874p24mwwz.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> (Chong Yidong's message of "Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:33:48 -0500") Original-Lines: 16 X-ICS-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ICS-MailScanner-ID: mAINfZum027925 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:105797 Archived-At: Chong Yidong writes: > Stefan Monnier writes: > > > If you want to change .dir-settings.el, the say so and re-open the > > discussion about the choice. But making it customizable is wrong. > > How about making it a non-customizable variable (with a comment saying > why it's non-customizable)? What is the advantage of that? If someone is so offended by the .dir-settings.el name, they can: -avoid using it -defadvice project-find-settings-file (or reimplement it altogether) there's not reason to add complexity to emacs code and documentation because of that.