Subject: bug#13029: 24.3.50; coding system from .dir-locals.el doesn't work

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:02:05 -0500

>> Specifying the coding system in a .dir-locals.el doesn't seem to have
>> the same effect as when adding a file local variable. 
> You can't specify coding via dir-locals.
> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=7169
> I've thought about it a few times, but it seems hard to make it work.

I think it would be worthwhile to make it work for the particular case
where it's not that hard, i.e. when the setting applies to all modes.

        Stefan