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Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!
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Alan Mackenzie |
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Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!! |
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Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:25:01 +0000 |
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Morning, Miles!
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 01:37:31PM +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> Chong Yidong <address@hidden> writes:
> >> ! These settings can override those made by a user in his .emacs so
> >> ! you should be careful not to set variables which are a matter of
> >> ! personal choice. You should probably not set @code{c-file-syle}
> >> ! and @code{c-file-offsets} here (@pxref{File Styles,,,ccmode}).
> > But I think we have a basic disagreement here. A user should feel
> > free to set directory local variables that override his or her .emacs
> > settings---exactly like he or she should feel free to write file-local
> > variables. The manual has no purpose telling people what to do with
> > their own files.
> It also seems downright bizarre to tell people not to set c-file-style
> in .dir-settings.el
c-file-style is documented as being for use only in file local variables.
> -- my sense is that most developers would agree that if a project has C
> style conventions, they should override the user's personal
> preferences...
Hmmm. I think most hackers would agree they should be able to override
project defaults in their Emacs sessions. How do you override a setting
which is in dir-locals.el?
> [and painful memories of source code where basic things like indentation
> levels varied line-to-line within functions makes me grateful for any
> method that helps automate project conventions!]
Straw man!
> -Miles
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, (continued)
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Miles Bader, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Alan Mackenzie, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Miles Bader, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Chong Yidong, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Miles Bader, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Ken Raeburn, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Jason Rumney, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Lennart Borgman, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!,
Alan Mackenzie <=
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Miles Bader, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Chad Brown, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Juri Linkov, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Lennart Borgman, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Stefan Monnier, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Juri Linkov, 2009/07/15
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Stefan Monnier, 2009/07/16
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Juri Linkov, 2009/07/16
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Lennart Borgman, 2009/07/16
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Stefan Monnier, 2009/07/16