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: files.el: Patch to make project-settings optional/customizable Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:59:31 -0500 Message-ID: References: <5f0ff9220811130629t505badf9kb1bcc380df89a08f@mail.gmail.com> <87y6zn4pqw.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <200811131607.mADG71u6010167@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <200811131619.mADGJukm010206@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <87prkz4kgh.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <200811131728.mADHSH2M010654@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <871vxflbxb.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <200811131848.mADImPMQ011099@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <200811181636.mAIGa9Lx000571@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <87prks6693.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1227049234 25801 80.91.229.12 (18 Nov 2008 23:00:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:00:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Tom Tromey , "T.V. Raman" , Dan Nicolaescu , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 19 00:01:35 2008 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 1L2ZZf-0000ZT-9I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:01:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57201 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L2ZYW-00005f-S2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:00:24 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L2ZXs-0008Fi-CC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:59:44 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L2ZXp-0008DF-7x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:59:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55186 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L2ZXp-0008D8-5O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:59:41 -0500 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.20]:55940) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L2ZXp-0006PQ-8r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:59:41 -0500 Original-Received: from alfajor.home (vpn-132-204-232-227.acd.umontreal.ca [132.204.232.227]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id mAIMxVNb013158; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:59:31 -0500 Original-Received: by alfajor.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 940BC1C72B; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:59:31 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87prks6693.fsf@jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:04:08 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3150=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/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:105790 Archived-At: > I agree with Juanma that the name .dir-settings.el is "ugly as hell". > Perhaps this is the reason why users want to customize it. The admin subdir "CVS" has a name that's very troublesome, yet CVS offers no way to change it, and it's a good thing. If you want to change .dir-settings.el, the say so and re-open the discussion about the choice. But making it customizable is wrong. Stefan