Re: files.el: Patch to make project-settings optional/customizable

[Juri Linkov]

>   >   > >   > I think it's generally good policy to avoid hardcoding file 
> names.
>   >   > >
>   >   > > But general policy should not be applied without thinking about the
>   >   > > particulars of each case.  As Tom said, there were some long
>   >   > > discussions about this, and I think that the opposite conclusion was
>   >   > > reached _for this particular case_.  Just undoing that decision
>   >   > > without reviewing the previous discussions on this does not seem 
> like
>   >   > > a good idea.
>   >   >
>   >   > I can't seem to find the discussion.  Could you point me to it?
>   >
>   > I don't have anything handy, I'd guess that searching for
>   > .dir-settings.el and Tom's name should be good enough.
>   >
>   >   > (Even if we decide to hardcode the name, which I'm not convinced 
> about,
>   >   > there needs to be a comment in the code explaining why.)
>
> Any news about this?

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.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/