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: .emacs-settings.el Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:52:01 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87odgevml2.fsf@jurta.org> References: <60282.128.165.123.18.1189002441.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> <87k5r350o5.fsf@jurta.org> <87myvz7c2z.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189159635 15819 80.91.229.12 (7 Sep 2007 10:07:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 10:07:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bob@rattlesnake.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: tromey@redhat.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 07 12:07:15 2007 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 1ITak1-0003JN-Sk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:07:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITajz-0000LI-J6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:07:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITaey-0007l9-JR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:01:56 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITaew-0007jx-8o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:01:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITaev-0007jM-3o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:01:53 -0400 Original-Received: from relay01.kiev.sovam.com ([62.64.120.200]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ITaet-0000I9-V0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:01:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay01.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1ITaeh-000286-R3; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:01:48 +0300 In-Reply-To: (Tom Tromey's message of "Thu\, 06 Sep 2007 17\:41\:33 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Scanner-Signature: 5bcd58edb95cdacf596e852bfe0375ec X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: juri@jurta.org X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Header: Not Detected X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 1447 [September 6 2007] X-SpamTest-Info: helo_type=3 X-SpamTest-Info: {HEADERS: header Content-Type found without required header Content-Transfer-Encoding} X-SpamTest-Method: none X-SpamTest-Rate: 10 X-SpamTest-Status: Not detected X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: not_detected X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0255], KAS30/Release X-Detected-Kernel: FreeBSD 4.8-5.1 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.3) 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:78129 Archived-At: >>> I agree that it's a good tradition to use the same file names for >>> a package and its data files (dirvars.el -> .emacs-dirvars, >>> dir-locals.el -> .emacs-locals), but I don't see how this tradition >>> applies to package.el: package.el -> .emacs-settings.el? >>> This is confusing. > > Stefan> In my opinion, package.el is itself a poor name, since it > Stefan> hints at other features such as CL packages or XEmacs > Stefan> packages. > > FWIW -- it is "project.el"; "package.el" is that other thing I wrote > that we all argue about :-) Oops, perhaps I mistyped the package name because you are the author of both packages. > RMS already asked that I just put the code into files.el. So all that > will be left are the symbol names starting with "project-". Hmm, in this case the package name is irrelevant for naming data files. > Perhaps even "project" is a misnomer. It is hard to say. I do think > the best use for this feature is project-specific settings. I agree, "project" is a misnomer. It can be used for project-specific settings, but not necessarily limited to this. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/