From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Directory-local variables? Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:19:14 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1230668382 5668 80.91.229.12 (30 Dec 2008 20:19:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:19:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 30 21:20:48 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 1LHl4y-0008NX-UF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:20:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44990 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LHl3k-0003U3-UR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:19:24 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LHl3d-0003PJ-U3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:19:17 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LHl3d-0003Ow-4m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:19:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45269 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LHl3c-0003Oq-Po for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:19:16 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:21756) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LHl3b-0004jn-R6; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:19:15 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AqYEAMgQWklLd+aG/2dsb2JhbACBbMwNhkSBZw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.36,304,1228107600"; d="scan'208";a="31619359" Original-Received: from 75-119-230-134.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([75.119.230.134]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 30 Dec 2008 15:19:14 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id B83238CF4; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:19:14 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:29:14 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:107422 Archived-At: > So I think this needs to be described as a variant on the file local > variable lists. Yes, clearly it should use similar terminology to the one used for file variables. So if it's not "directory variables" then we'd need to change the "file variables" as well. Stefan PS: it now occurs to me that the name ".dir-locals.el" is redundant. It could just say ".locals.el" or ".local-variables.el" since it's placed in a directory. Just like file variables are enclosed in a "Local Variables" section rather than a "File Local Variables" section.