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| From: | Juri Linkov |
| Subject: | Re: Directory-local variables? |
| Date: | Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:30:29 +0200 |
| User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
>> The term "directory-local variables" is potentially misleading; Emacs >> does not implement directory-local bindings. What this feature really >> does is systematically set up buffer-local bindings for all files in a >> directory. >> >> So I think this needs to be described as a variant on the file local >> variable lists. > > We would still need a short and catchy term for this feature. Can you > (or someone else) suggest one that is different from "directory-local > variables"? It seems to me that the most precise and unambiguous term is "directory-local file variables". It is based on the standard term "file variables" as defined in the node (info "(emacs) File Variables") and "directory-local" says that their scope is limited to the specified directory. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
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