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Re: .emacs-settings.el
From: |
Ted Zlatanov |
Subject: |
Re: .emacs-settings.el |
Date: |
Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:18:29 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/22.1.50 (darwin) |
On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:55:36 -0400 Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote:
>> I think you've missed the difference between a hidden file anywhere in
>> the directory tree and in a well-known location. We're talking about a
>> {project,dir-locals}.el file that in /a, /a/b, /a/b/c, or /a/b/c/d could
>> affect the settings for /a/b/c/d/* and every file under that. You'd
>> have to do a `find` to get all the hidden files (or some equivalent
>> shell game). That's what I mean by "suprising" and "hidden." Only a
>> few applications put such hidden settings files outside the home
>> directory, I can think only of the CVS .cvsignore and Subversion .svn
>> directories at the moment.
SM> There are many more: .arch-inventory, .arch-ids, .bzr, .hg. Some use _darcs
SM> or _MTN but other than CVS (which was often considered as a mistake) most
SM> distinguish their name either with a leading . or a leading _.
Other than Eclipse, these are all VCS software packages, which is
interesting. I've also seen hidden files used by MacOS for file
metadata and I remember .xvpics which was used for caching thumbnails.
Hidden files do tend to accumulate mostly under ~ though.
As I said in another followup, however, I'm OK with making these
override files hidden as long as messaging and C-h v/customize-variable
report their usage. So please don't let my comments delay this very
useful functionality from making an appearance.
Ted
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, (continued)
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Juri Linkov, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Robert J. Chassell, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Ted Zlatanov, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Michaƫl Cadilhac, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Ted Zlatanov, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, David Kastrup, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Ted Zlatanov, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Juri Linkov, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Ted Zlatanov, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Stefan Monnier, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el,
Ted Zlatanov <=
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Miles Bader, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Stefan Monnier, 2007/09/07
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Ted Zlatanov, 2007/09/07
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, David Kastrup, 2007/09/07
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Ted Zlatanov, 2007/09/07
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Davis Herring, 2007/09/07
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Robert J. Chassell, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Ted Zlatanov, 2007/09/06
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Richard Stallman, 2007/09/07
- Re: .emacs-settings.el, Ted Zlatanov, 2007/09/07