GNU bug report logs - #66702
Add easy customization for .dir-locals.el files

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 14:23:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 30.0.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 66702 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 66702 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#66702: Add easy customization for .dir-locals.el files
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 09:48:27 +0300

>>> M-x add-dir-local-variable RET nil RET foo RET t
>>> M-x diff-buffer-with-file RET RET
>>>
>>> Should we add a nosort option somewhere?
>>
>> The assumption was that .dir-locals.el will always be modified
>> by these commands.  But since it's often modified manually
>> with an arbitrary order, this means that the sorting order
>> is not important.  So we could simply remove the sorting code.
>
> Hmm, but that would be backward incompatible.  Someone out there might
> be relying in these commands to keep the settings sorted.

Then we could add a simple variable, not a customizable option.
Then they could even set this variable in the customized .dir-locals.el!
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