GNU bug report logs - #70136
30.0.50; comint-mode doesn't call hack-dir-local-variables-non-file-buffer

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 70136 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, spacibba <at> aol.com
Subject: bug#70136: 30.0.50; comint-mode doesn't call hack-dir-local-variables-non-file-buffer
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2024 18:11:22 +0300

> From: Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: 70136 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  spacibba <at> aol.com
> Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2024 16:03:23 +0200
> 
> By the way, I now realize that 'M-x compile' doesn't use comint-mode
> by default.  Which raises the same question: should compilation-mode
> call hack-dir-local-variables-non-file-buffer?

Maybe.  What kind of directory-specific variables relevant to
compilation-mode would make sense?

> > If you need that for some particular use case, can't you call it from
> > comint-mode-hook or something?
> 
> Sure, it's an easy customization, but the question is whether it's the
> expected default behavior. :-)

The only way to answer that is if we see a flood of requests to have
that by default.  Without that, local customizations are perfectly
adequate.

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