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: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:45:42 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87eizgeyfd.fsf@jurta.org> References: <87ljtwle9d.fsf@jurta.org> <874p0h6wtf.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1231289297 29924 80.91.229.12 (7 Jan 2009 00:48:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 00:48:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 07 01:49:28 2009 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 1LKMbv-00030D-FP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:49:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52752 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LKMaf-0003Gu-KT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:48:09 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LKMaa-0003Gc-Qq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:48:04 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LKMaZ-0003GM-BP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:48:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34579 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LKMaZ-0003GJ-7m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:48:03 -0500 Original-Received: from relay03.kiev.sovam.com ([62.64.120.201]:60182) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LKMaX-0004pT-1y; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:48:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay03.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1LKMaV-000Lmh-2L; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:47:59 +0200 In-Reply-To: <874p0h6wtf.fsf@jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:46:20 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Scanner-Signature: 4204c266f86c3e9b1e0231505dd73b85 X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: juri@jurta.org X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Header: Trusted X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 6671 [Jan 07 2009] 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: 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:107678 Archived-At: > Two different formats for the same feature is a bad thing. It requires > complete rewriting of these settings when moving file local variables > to the directory-wide file and back. This is very inconvenient. > > While it is not too late, I think we should use the same easy to write > format as in a Local Variables: section with keeping already implemented > features of directory-wide file variables (specifying multiply mode > settings in the same file). How about the following format for the directory-wide local variables file? It is based on the standard Emacs format for Local Variables. The first section applies to any mode, and subsequent sections begin with the `-*-...-*-' line and specify either a mode or a subdirectory: Local variables: indent-tabs-mode: maybe tab-width: 8 fill-column: 70 End: -*- mode: c -*- Local variables: c-file-style: "GNU" End: -*- mode: change-log -*- Local variables: add-log-time-zone-rule: t fill-column: 74 End: -*- default-directory: "src/imported" -*- Local variables: change-log-default-name: "ChangeLog.local" End: -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/