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 16:28:53 -0400 Message-ID: References: <60282.128.165.123.18.1189002441.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> <87k5r350o5.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 1189110553 22169 80.91.229.12 (6 Sep 2007 20:29:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 20:29:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bob@rattlesnake.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 06 22:29:13 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 1ITNyP-0002pZ-25 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:29:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITNyN-0006m3-5X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:29:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITNyJ-0006kR-2w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:29:03 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITNyE-0006gk-8R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:29:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITNyD-0006ga-V8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:28:58 -0400 Original-Received: from x-132-204-254-9.xtpr.umontreal.ca ([132.204.254.9] helo=ceviche.home) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ITNyD-0007Ve-N0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:28:57 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id DAEE2B40D9; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 16:28:53 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87k5r350o5.fsf@jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Thu\, 06 Sep 2007 17\:29\:38 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 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:78025 Archived-At: >>> I cannot remember what you said earlier. How is ~/.emacs-settings.el >>> different from the long-used settings file ~/.emacs? How is it >>> different from site-start.el or default.el, if those files exist? >> >> .emacs-settings.el can go in other directories than ~; it affects files >> found anywhere in the directory tree that contains it. Moreover, it is >> not a file of arbitrary Lisp, but rather contains a set of buffer-local >> variables to set in the buffers visiting files it affects, subject to the >> normal risk-checking. > Since .emacs-settings.el is a confusing file name, what about a more > appropriate and shorter file name like .dir-vars.el or .dir-locals.el > or .project.el. Please go re-read the thread that ended up with "emacs-settings". Stefan