From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Cc: Thuna <thuna.cing@gmail.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Appending items to variables in .dir-locals.el
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 19:06:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wn9wlf85.fsf@posteo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <867d1wpp20.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (Juri Linkov's message of "Wed, 21 Sep 2022 21:40:23 +0300")
Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> writes:
>>> I think it would be good to be able to add items to variables that hold
>>> lists in `.dir-locals.el'. Maybe with the special form `(append
>>> VARIABLE . ITEMS))'? Considering `auto-mode-alist' has its own special
>>> form, I think the need for this already exists.
>>
>> While not exactly what you want, you can add a lisp expression and have
>> it evaluated to the same effect. But yes, a proper feature would be
>> nice to have.
>
> Isn't (eval . (add-to-list 'VARIABLE ITEMS)) already short enough?
AFAIK this won't check if VARIABLE is safe and the modification isn't
local.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-21 19:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-09-21 7:48 Appending items to variables in .dir-locals.el Thuna
2022-09-21 11:36 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-09-21 18:40 ` Juri Linkov
2022-09-21 19:06 ` Philip Kaludercic [this message]
2022-09-21 11:39 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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