From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Buffer-local process environments Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 15:30:13 +0300 Message-ID: <83czude0iy.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87eeets6jf.fsf@gmail.com> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="40354"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Augusto Stoffel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 29 14:36:06 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lc5tl-000ALT-Kz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 29 Apr 2021 14:36:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58440 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lc5tk-0005vr-N5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 29 Apr 2021 08:36:04 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45474) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lc5oO-0001Ml-3G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Apr 2021 08:30:36 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:41271) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lc5oM-0003sx-QR; Thu, 29 Apr 2021 08:30:31 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:4616 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1lc5oD-0008Qw-3A; Thu, 29 Apr 2021 08:30:26 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87eeets6jf.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Augusto Stoffel on Thu, 29 Apr 2021 12:56:36 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:268610 Archived-At: > From: Augusto Stoffel > Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 12:56:36 +0200 > > When developing software, it's often not possible or desirable to > install compilers and related tools globally, so (barring the > availability of fancy build tools) one has to fiddle with environment > variables. > > Currently it's quite hard to set up Emacs to interact correctly with > external tools on a per-project basis, because there is no unified way > adjust the environment. For instance: > > - `M-x compile' has the `compilation-environment' variable. > - python-mode uses `python-shell-virtualenv-root' when launching a > REPL. > - Eglot provides no other mechanism than setting `exec-path' and > `process-environment' buffer-locally. > - etc. Can you explain why Eglot's way does not provide a solution for these situations? Thanks.