From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18188: Please make it possible to have a directory-local setting for auto-mode-alist Date: Sat, 29 May 2021 06:07:40 +0200 Message-ID: <87pmxatc6r.fsf_-_@gnus.org> References: <87ppduza9c.fsf@tromey.com> <87vath2gl1.fsf@tromey.com> <83o9z89w39.fsf@gnu.org> <87bmv63jd4.fsf@tromey.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="2591"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 18721@debbugs.gnu.org, 18188@debbugs.gnu.org To: Tom Tromey Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat May 29 06:08:12 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lmqGi-0000U0-Df for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 29 May 2021 06:08:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38456 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lmqGh-0004Tv-Ey for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 29 May 2021 00:08:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52772) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lmqGY-0004Tf-Tf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 May 2021 00:08:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:44128) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lmqGY-00019o-Mn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 May 2021 00:08:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lmqGY-0007yV-IF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 May 2021 00:08:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 29 May 2021 04:08:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18188 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 18188-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18188.162226127330639 (code B ref 18188); Sat, 29 May 2021 04:08:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18188) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 May 2021 04:07:53 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55674 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lmqGO-0007y2-NB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 29 May 2021 00:07:52 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:34158) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lmqGL-0007xk-Re; Sat, 29 May 2021 00:07:51 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=kxJz8Bh1fcM/RYiM8kKxY0MRTgtc5OLLosrTkiqEHwQ=; b=MGhZ1+6uSyR7CaNN3huN5AYftK kvGwJVuCRKX0aTwexMX1+60OPS5983htHoxXZVCaD0IKE+jMMVvCib6Kg5sWoDmnq/0Fp1MqXd/VB 0mhHSyz8Iwrz266Aydy/CHtaGTh2zZiquz3cOK2YBFQE+X0tDxsLeFYm/ZT6xku9qONI=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.220.105.getinternet.no ([84.212.220.105] helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lmqGD-0000zl-FL; Sat, 29 May 2021 06:07:43 +0200 X-Now-Playing: Joni Mitchell's _Blue_: "All I Want" In-Reply-To: <87bmv63jd4.fsf@tromey.com> (Tom Tromey's message of "Mon, 16 Jan 2017 12:17:11 -0700") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:207492 Archived-At: Tom Tromey writes: > Eli> So I'm asking why not keep the current syntax for this feature, and > Eli> avoid introducing a new kind of special key? This would mean your > Eli> example above will look like this: > Eli> (nil . ((auto-mode-alist . (("\\.def\\'" . c-mode))))) > > I suppose it would work ok as long as the code also doesn't try to set > auto-mode-alist locally in the buffer, both because that variable isn't > safe, and because I think it doesn't make sense to set it buffer-locally > anyhow. I think everybody agreed that this was a good feature to add (with Eli's tweaks), but as far as I can tell, it was never added. Tom, would it be possible for you to re-spin this patch for Emacs 28? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no