Re: .dir-locals.el vs. guix-devel-mode

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès (2015-10-02 00:34 +0300) wrote:
>
>> Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:
>>
>>> Ludovic Courtès (2015-09-29 22:16 +0300) wrote:
>>>
>>>> Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:
>>>>
>>> [...]
>>>>> So I think .dir-locals.el is not the proper place for indentation rules.
>>>>> IMHO they should be moved to "guix-devel.el" and the manual should
>>>>> recommend using 'guix-devel-mode' for editing guix package files as it
>>>>> provides the proper indenting, highlighting and some useful key
>>>>> bindings.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, but I agree with Taylan: a passerby should get a reasonable setup
>>>> in place automatically.  That’s what I like about .dir-locals.el: it
>>>> allows you to make sure that a minimum set of rules is in place, which
>>>> in turn means that patches are more likely to come out right, which
>>>> means less frustration and increased happiness.
>>>>
>>>> Using eval + load in .dir-locals.el is indeed ugly though.  So, for lack
>>>> of a better solution, I’m fine having some of the rules duplicated.
>>>> Specifically, rules for ‘package’, ‘origin’, ‘operating-system’,
>>>> ‘substitute*’, ‘with-store’, ‘with-monad’, ‘run-with-store’,
>>>> ‘run-with-state’, and ‘m…’.
>>>>
>>>> How does that sound?
>>>
>>> I'd like to have them in "guix-devel.el", but I don't see the reason for
>>> duplicating.  I think they either should be placed in "guix-devel.el"
>>> (surely the right thing for me :-)) or stay in ".dir-locals.el" (I'm
>>> afraid the right thing for the most :-().
>>>
>>> Why do you suggest the duplication?
>>
>> Just to make sure that anyone using Emacs will get things right, even if
>> they haven’t learned about guix-devel.el yet.
>>
>> WDYT?
>
> I thought that most people (except me) agreed that indentation rules
> should stay in ".dir-locals.el", so I don't see a reason why they also
> need to be duplicated in "guix-devel.el".

It’s interesting to have them in .dir-locals.el for people who hack Guix
itself.

But it’s also interesting to have them in guix-devel.el for people who
maintain, say, their own package collection outside of the Guix repo.

Does that make sense?

Ludo’.