Subject: Re: bug#57003: 28.1.90; Can local variables be loaded before loading major mode?

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2022 15:30:03 +0200

Ihor Radchenko <[email-masked]> writes:

> Agree. However, the file-local variables specifically are not equivalent
> to the mode hooks. File/directory-local variables can be set on
> per-file/per-project basis, which is much more convenient compared to
> explicitly defining a global hook.

I think you can say something like

(eval . (org-startup-folded-mode))

to your .dir-locals (etc) to achieve this.  (And then you have to add
that to `safe-local-eval-forms' to avoid getting prompted, but Org could
do that in general.  And, of course, add this functionality as a minor
mode instead of just a variable.)