From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: .emacs-settings.el Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:55:36 -0400 Message-ID: References: <60282.128.165.123.18.1189002441.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> <87k5r350o5.fsf@jurta.org> <87veanixv5.fsf@cadilhac.name> <857in3bnav.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189122963 25107 80.91.229.12 (6 Sep 2007 23:56:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 23:56:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ted Zlatanov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 07 01:55:58 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 1ITRCM-0000VM-3P for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:55:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITRCK-0004y6-93 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:55:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITRCF-0004vh-Gk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:55:39 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITRCD-0004ui-QO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:55:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITRCD-0004uT-Ky for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:55:37 -0400 Original-Received: from tomts13.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.34] helo=tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ITRCD-0001WA-4g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:55:37 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([70.55.141.227]) by tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070906235536.JYSW13659.tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net@pastel.home> for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 19:55:36 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 3316483C2; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 19:55:35 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Thu\, 06 Sep 2007 15\:21\:05 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Detected-Kernel: Solaris 8 (1) 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:78052 Archived-At: > I think you've missed the difference between a hidden file anywhere in > the directory tree and in a well-known location. We're talking about a > {project,dir-locals}.el file that in /a, /a/b, /a/b/c, or /a/b/c/d could > affect the settings for /a/b/c/d/* and every file under that. You'd > have to do a `find` to get all the hidden files (or some equivalent > shell game). That's what I mean by "suprising" and "hidden." Only a > few applications put such hidden settings files outside the home > directory, I can think only of the CVS .cvsignore and Subversion .svn > directories at the moment. There are many more: .arch-inventory, .arch-ids, .bzr, .hg. Some use _darcs or _MTN but other than CVS (which was often considered as a mistake) most distinguish their name either with a leading . or a leading _. Stefan