From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: File-local and directory-local variable thoughts Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 09:43:12 -0400 Message-ID: References: <255248B3-80CD-49CB-BB50-C3610B735C26@easesoftware.com> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="39977"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:aUO7GAXi07nmWmITAc43S5gUCDE= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 14 15:44:27 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1ojKzD-000AI4-2g for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 14 Oct 2022 15:44:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46372 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ojKzC-00033e-04 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 14 Oct 2022 09:44:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:47912) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ojKyA-00031S-Rv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Oct 2022 09:43:22 -0400 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]:48172) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ojKy9-00010o-CY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Oct 2022 09:43:22 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ojKy5-0008aj-MG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Oct 2022 15:43:17 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -15 X-Spam_score: -1.6 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.25, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:139931 Archived-At: > In the past, I wanted to set rspec-spec-command in a .dir-locals.el file but > when I did, I got the question if I wanted to apply the list every time > I loaded a file or reloaded a file or reloaded a directory. > > I download a lot of gunk from the internet. Mostly source code to help me > understand things. So… I really don’t want to globally say “yes, it is safe > to set this variable”. Nitpick: this is not quite what Emacs is asking. The question is only whether "it is safe to set this variable *to this value*". > What I’d prefer to say is “Yes, I want to set this > variable to this value within this directory (or file). Is the restriction to a specific value precise enough to assuage your concerns? Stefan