Re: .emacs-settings.el

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> 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