On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 2:05 PM Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > From: João Távora > > Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:57:22 +0100 > > Cc: Stefan Monnier , Juri Linkov < juri@linkov.net>, 40573@debbugs.gnu.org, > > Dmitry Gutov > > > > No. IMO a mode included in the core should handle more that just one > > kind of file. We've been through this, at least twice. Why do you > > keep pushing? It only adds to aggravation. > > > > First, I don't know why you would feel aggravated by my > > question. > > Not by the question, by your pushing and pushing and pushing, Same > arguments, same questions time and again. To what end? The thing is, I give those arguments and you _don't_ refute them. You don't say like: "oh but if we did that then this negative effect would take place". Or "there isn't any positive effects to what you suggest". So I assume my arguments aren't getting through and I reformulate. That's not "pushing" in my book. Also, don't assume the exasperation is only on your side: I also get a bit exasperated when you don't reply directly to my arguments. > > Anyway, maybe that wasn't clear, but the new mode would > > handle lots of files I have here. It would allow me to design > > better working methods for me and my team. I just can't show > > you those files. But I hope you can take my word for it. > I'd prefer to see the code. Which code? I can't show you my data files (but they're not code). If you mean the one that adds the mode and makes `.dir-locals.el` default to it, sure thing, I'll have it ready later today. _that's_ what I was proposing earlier. But please confirm this is the code you want to see. > > If you don't accept the "do no harm" criteria, how many > > types of files produced by Emacs do you need before it > > becomes useful in your criteria? Is .dir-locals.el + another > > one enough? That's "more than just one". > > Again, this is not the kind of question that I can give a useful > answer. If you or someone else show the code, I'm sure I will be able > to make up my mind about it (and so will be others). The code I think you're talking about is Stefan's patch (that I linked to) + adding an entry to `auto-mode-alist`. It introduces the new mode and turns it on automatically on for a single Emacs-produced file. I'll produce a formal patch of it later today, but don't expect any surprises. I'll present work in a branch, I'll be happy to add more code for types of files. Though I was also suggesting that this effort for more files could be done in master. -- João Távora