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Re: .dir-locals.el vs. guix-devel-mode


From: Alex Kost
Subject: Re: .dir-locals.el vs. guix-devel-mode
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2015 15:46:56 +0300
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux)

Ludovic Courtès (2015-10-02 00:34 +0300) wrote:

> Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> Ludovic Courtès (2015-09-29 22:16 +0300) wrote:
>>
>>> Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:
>>>
>> [...]
>>>> So I think .dir-locals.el is not the proper place for indentation rules.
>>>> IMHO they should be moved to "guix-devel.el" and the manual should
>>>> recommend using 'guix-devel-mode' for editing guix package files as it
>>>> provides the proper indenting, highlighting and some useful key
>>>> bindings.
>>>
>>> Yes, but I agree with Taylan: a passerby should get a reasonable setup
>>> in place automatically.  That’s what I like about .dir-locals.el: it
>>> allows you to make sure that a minimum set of rules is in place, which
>>> in turn means that patches are more likely to come out right, which
>>> means less frustration and increased happiness.
>>>
>>> Using eval + load in .dir-locals.el is indeed ugly though.  So, for lack
>>> of a better solution, I’m fine having some of the rules duplicated.
>>> Specifically, rules for ‘package’, ‘origin’, ‘operating-system’,
>>> ‘substitute*’, ‘with-store’, ‘with-monad’, ‘run-with-store’,
>>> ‘run-with-state’, and ‘m…’.
>>>
>>> How does that sound?
>>
>> I'd like to have them in "guix-devel.el", but I don't see the reason for
>> duplicating.  I think they either should be placed in "guix-devel.el"
>> (surely the right thing for me :-)) or stay in ".dir-locals.el" (I'm
>> afraid the right thing for the most :-().
>>
>> Why do you suggest the duplication?
>
> Just to make sure that anyone using Emacs will get things right, even if
> they haven’t learned about guix-devel.el yet.
>
> WDYT?

I thought that most people (except me) agreed that indentation rules
should stay in ".dir-locals.el", so I don't see a reason why they also
need to be duplicated in "guix-devel.el".

-- 
Alex



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