Re: Add file-locals and dir-locals

[Juri Linkov]

>   > As not frequently used commands, it's not difficult for the user
>   > to select the necessary command using completions for M-x:
>   >
>   > M-x add-file-local-variable RET
>   > M-x add-file-local-variable-prop-line RET
>   > M-x add-dir-local-variable RET
>
> These are nice and useful, but do they need to be in files.el?
> files.el is in the dumped image, and these functions are not going to be
> used all the often, so putting them in a separate file seems more in
> line with the way they will be used.  WDYT?

I completely agree.

The usual convention for a file with additional functionality is to add
the prefix "-x" to the file name.  This means creating a new file with the
name "files-x.el" and putting here all code that should not be in the
dumped image.

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