files.el: Once again impossible to turn off dir-settings

[T.V. Raman]

Correct.

I want to disable dir-local variables but keep the goodness that
is file-local variables.

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On 11/25/08, Juri Linkov <address@hidden> wrote:
>> I notice that after the latest round of changes, it has once again
>> become impossible to disable project settings --- other than locally
>> advising hack-dir-local-variables --- something the extreme ened of
>> power users can certainly do -- (I already have).
>
> It is possible to disable dir-local variables by setting
> `enable-local-variables' to nil.  However, this will also disable
> file-local variables.
>
> Perhaps we should add a similar variable `enable-dir-local-variables'
> that will disable only dir-local variables.  It could also have an option
> `remote' to disable searching upwards in remote filesystems.  (This option
> could behave like the variable `dir-locals-chase-remote' in the package
> `dir-locals.el').
>
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> Juri Linkov
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>