Re: .emacs-settings.el

[Juri Linkov]

>> I cannot remember what you said earlier.  How is ~/.emacs-settings.el
>> different from the long-used settings file ~/.emacs?  How is it
>> different from site-start.el or default.el, if those files exist?
>
> .emacs-settings.el can go in other directories than ~; it affects files
> found anywhere in the directory tree that contains it.  Moreover, it is
> not a file of arbitrary Lisp, but rather contains a set of buffer-local
> variables to set in the buffers visiting files it affects, subject to the
> normal risk-checking.

Since .emacs-settings.el is a confusing file name, what about a more
appropriate and shorter file name like .dir-vars.el or .dir-locals.el
or .project.el.

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