From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17489: 24.3; Major mode spec in .dir-locals.el breaks dired Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 22:38:02 +0300 Message-ID: <838uq4nobp.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87d2fg6dcn.fsf@gmail.com> <831tvwpfar.fsf@gnu.org> <87vbt846jk.fsf@gmail.com> <6hha4s2rcj.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83mweknrxp.fsf@gnu.org> <5dsiocrz7e.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83d2fgnqyw.fsf@gnu.org> <9bfvkcgp6m.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1400096561 790 80.91.229.3 (14 May 2014 19:42:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 19:42:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: sergio.pokrovskij@gmail.com, 17489@debbugs.gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 14 21:42:35 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Wkf4T-0003wL-71 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 May 2014 21:42:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54060 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wkf4S-000602-SR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 May 2014 15:42:32 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37241) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wkf1B-00029g-Hc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 May 2014 15:39:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wkf15-0003Zt-Ka for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 May 2014 15:39:09 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:41772) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wkf15-0003Zp-I1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 May 2014 15:39:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Wkf14-00025K-HO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 May 2014 15:39:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 19:39:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17489 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 17489-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17489.14000962977940 (code B ref 17489); Wed, 14 May 2014 19:39:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17489) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 May 2014 19:38:17 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34836 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Wkf0K-00023z-43 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 14 May 2014 15:38:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:33409) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Wkf0G-00023h-KW for 17489@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 14 May 2014 15:38:13 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0N5K00900WU4CA00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for 17489@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 14 May 2014 22:38:05 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0N5K009JJX7H3H50@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Wed, 14 May 2014 22:38:05 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <9bfvkcgp6m.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:89101 Archived-At: > From: Glenn Morris > Cc: sergio.pokrovskij@gmail.com, 17489@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 15:01:21 -0400 > > Well, it really doesn't make sense AFAICS, but ok then, you don't want > the special-case solution of simply ignoring a `mode' dir-locals in > non-file buffers. It's not that I don't want that. I actually am quite indifferent to this, because I think dir-locals, in its current design, is too restrictive, and therefore I'm simply not interested. I just think that adding these implied conditions is a slippery slope, because different people want to do different things with dir-locals. > So then we are back to http://debbugs.gnu.org/13685, which would let > people choose. That looks better, since it at least makes the user's desire explicit. Why not implement it?