Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] editorconfig: set emacs mode

[Eric Blake]

On 08/24/2018 02:38 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Marc-André Lureau <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Some time ago, I proposed to use an (eval) in .dir-locals.el to set
> > the mode for all json files and Makefile. Unfortunately, this isn't
> > safe, and emacs will prompt the user, which isn't very friendly.
> >
> > Fortunately, editorconfig provides a special config key which does
> > allow to set the emacs mode. Add a few missing entries and set the
> > emacs mode.
>
> Please mention editorconfig requires a plugin to work.  Without that,
> the reader is left to wonder why we keep the "redundant" Emacs file
> local variables.

Is it also worth a (separate) patch to .editorconfig to add a comment 
up-front about needing plugins for some editors? Right now, it just has 
the single comment:

# http://editorconfig.org

which, if followed, will get you to the same information, but I'm a fan 
of not having to chase a URL when it is just as easy to provide a short 
summary in place.

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