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

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Chong Yidong <address@hidden> writes:

  > Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
  > 
  > > 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.
  > 
  > How about making it a non-customizable variable (with a comment saying
  > why it's non-customizable)?

What is the advantage of that?
If someone is so offended by the .dir-settings.el name, they can:
-avoid using it
-defadvice project-find-settings-file (or reimplement it altogether)
there's not reason to add complexity to emacs code and documentation
because of that.