From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Directory-local variables? Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:30:29 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87ocyveruq.fsf@jurta.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1230511483 7994 80.91.229.12 (29 Dec 2008 00:44:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:44:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 29 01:45:50 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 1LH6GT-00058j-BI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:45:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48431 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LH6FF-0004iY-Si for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:44:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LH6FB-0004iT-CE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:44:29 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LH6F9-0004iH-0D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:44:28 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50618 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LH6F8-0004iE-Qg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:44:26 -0500 Original-Received: from relay02.kiev.sovam.com ([62.64.120.197]:49424) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LH6F4-0001Xr-N6; Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:44:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay02.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1LH6F2-000BAG-5Z; Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:44:20 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:35:08 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Scanner-Signature: 068dd79c68aafbc760c35e97c5d420ed X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: juri@jurta.org X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Header: Trusted X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 6576 [Dec 29 2008] X-SpamTest-Info: {received from trusted relay: common white list} X-SpamTest-Info: {HEADERS: header Content-Type found without required header Content-Transfer-Encoding} X-SpamTest-Method: white ip list X-SpamTest-Rate: 10 X-SpamTest-Status: Trusted X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: trusted X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0278], KAS30/Release X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 6.x (1) 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:107357 Archived-At: >> The term "directory-local variables" is potentially misleading; Emacs >> does not implement directory-local bindings. What this feature really >> does is systematically set up buffer-local bindings for all files in a >> directory. >> >> So I think this needs to be described as a variant on the file local >> variable lists. > > We would still need a short and catchy term for this feature. Can you > (or someone else) suggest one that is different from "directory-local > variables"? It seems to me that the most precise and unambiguous term is "directory-local file variables". It is based on the standard term "file variables" as defined in the node (info "(emacs) File Variables") and "directory-local" says that their scope is limited to the specified directory. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/