From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tom Tromey Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: .emacs-settings.el Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:43:18 -0600 Message-ID: References: <60282.128.165.123.18.1189002441.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> <87k5r350o5.fsf@jurta.org> <87r6lb7c3p.fsf@jurta.org> Reply-To: tromey@redhat.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189274723 4196 80.91.229.12 (8 Sep 2007 18:05:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 18:05:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , bob@rattlesnake.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 08 20:05:23 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 1IU4gE-0001QZ-At for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:05:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IU4gC-0000DH-1b for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:05:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IU4g1-00006f-3n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:05:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IU4fz-00005q-Ef for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:05:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IU4fz-00005g-BI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:04:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IU4fu-0000gU-8J; Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:04:54 -0400 Original-Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l88I4lB8009388; Sat, 8 Sep 2007 14:04:47 -0400 Original-Received: from pobox.corp.redhat.com (pobox.corp.redhat.com [10.11.255.20]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l88I4kLG022015; Sat, 8 Sep 2007 14:04:46 -0400 Original-Received: from opsy.redhat.com (ton.toronto.redhat.com [172.16.14.15]) by pobox.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l88I4hS1030015; Sat, 8 Sep 2007 14:04:45 -0400 Original-Received: by opsy.redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id F31DF508078; Sat, 8 Sep 2007 11:43:18 -0600 (MDT) X-Attribution: Tom In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Fri\, 07 Sep 2007 15\:53\:32 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.990 (gnu/linux) X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:78278 Archived-At: >>>>> "rms" == Richard Stallman writes: rms> I want to use a dotfile, to keep the directory uncluttered rms> and to avoid constraining names of source files. (That is the rms> usual purpose of dotfiles.) If the file name ends in `.el', rms> then there is no need to say `emacs' in it too. So I think rms> `.dirvars.el' is a good name. FWIW -- I purposely did not choose the name "dirvars", to avoid confusion with the existing dirvars.el and dir-locals.el packages. However, if you feel strongly about this, I will change the name in the next revision of the patch. Since you're deciding stuff, would you mind weighing in on the other proposals in this thread? From memory this includes messaging the user when the settings are used, modifying the C-h v output to mention project settings, and letting the user interactively agree to risky settings. I'd rather not do any of these -- KISS is more my style. Also I am a bit lazy :-) Tom