Re: Setting org-todo-keywords through directory-local variables

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

Kévin Le Gouguec <address@hidden> writes:

> I'd like to set org-todo-keywords and org-todo-keyword-faces through
> directory-local variables, to get rid of duplicate #+SEQ_TODO lines in
> my Org files[1].
>
> Right now I see two obstacles for this to work:
>
> (1) org-set-regexps-and-options, which sets up a bunch of TODO-related
>     machinery, insists on using (default-value 'org-todo-keywords),
>
> (2) this function is called in the major mode function, which IIUC means
>     that directory-local values have not been applied yet.
>
> The first obstacle looks like it can be easily removed[2]; the second
> obstacle looks more substantial.  It is trivially side-stepped by
> sticking (hack-local-variables) at the top of org-mode; to my untrained
> eye, it looks like TRT would rather be for Org to add
> org-set-regexps-and-options to hack-local-variables-hook.
>
> This sounds like a risky change though: I imagine that a lot of what
> happens in the major mode function depends on what
> org-set-regexps-and-options sets up, and would therefore need to be
> moved to this hook as well.  Figuring which parts should be moved seems
> like a non-trivial task that might introduce some regressions…
>
>
> Can anyone confirm that this would (in principle) be the way forward, or
> tell me if I am missing something[3]?

Did you consider using SETUPFILE?

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou