Re: Directory-local variables?

[Juri Linkov]

>     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.
>
> Since a directory is _less_ "local" than a single file,
> perhaps "directory-wide file variables" would be better.

The package dir-locals from http://www.loveshack.ukfsn.org/emacs/dir-locals.el
(that we tried to follow and reimplement in Emacs) uses the following term in
its docstrings and comments: "Directory-wide file-local variables".  We could
use the same in Emacs.

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