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Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!
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Miles Bader |
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Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!! |
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Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:37:31 +0900 |
Chong Yidong <address@hidden> writes:
>> ! These settings can override those made by a user in his .emacs so
>> ! you should be careful not to set variables which are a matter of
>> ! personal choice. You should probably not set @code{c-file-syle}
>> ! and @code{c-file-offsets} here (@pxref{File Styles,,,ccmode}).
>
> But I think we have a basic disagreement here. A user should feel
> free to set directory local variables that override his or her .emacs
> settings---exactly like he or she should feel free to write file-local
> variables. The manual has no purpose telling people what to do with
> their own files.
It also seems downright bizarre to tell people not to set c-file-style
in .dir-settings.el -- my sense is that most developers would agree that
if a project has C style conventions, they should override the user's
personal preferences...
[and painful memories of source code where basic things like indentation
levels varied line-to-line within functions makes me grateful for any
method that helps automate project conventions!]
-Miles
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- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, (continued)
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Alan Mackenzie, 2009/07/12
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Lennart Borgman, 2009/07/12
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Alan Mackenzie, 2009/07/12
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Lennart Borgman, 2009/07/12
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2009/07/12
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Lennart Borgman, 2009/07/12
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, tomas, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Giorgos Keramidas, 2009/07/12
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Alan Mackenzie, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Chong Yidong, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!,
Miles Bader <=
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Alan Mackenzie, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Miles Bader, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Chong Yidong, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Miles Bader, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Ken Raeburn, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Jason Rumney, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Lennart Borgman, 2009/07/13
- Re: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!, Alan Mackenzie, 2009/07/13