GNU bug report logs - #41572
28.0.50; [PATCH] Support plain project marked with file .emacs-project

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From: Zhu Zihao <cjpeople2013 <at> gmail.com>
To: "Philip K." <philip <at> warpmail.net>
Cc: 41572 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41572: 28.0.50; [PATCH] Support plain project marked with
 file .emacs-project
Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 19:27:48 +0800

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IMO, it's not practical to use directory local variable

1. directory local variable goes ".dir-local.el". But we can't mark every
directory contain this file as project. We have to do extra search if we
use directory local variable.

2. If we have variable "project-directory-plain-project-p", It's a problem
for us to determine the root


On 2020/5/28 下午3:42, Philip K. wrote:

Zhu Zihao <cjpeople2013 <at> gmail.com> <cjpeople2013 <at> gmail.com> writes:


To mark a directoy as project, put an empty magic file .emacs-project under the
directory, and project.el should be responsible for it.

Is there any more standard name than ".emacs-project"? Or could a
directory local-variable be used? I like the idea, but wouldn't want to
have so many ".emacs-project" files lying around in toy projects.

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