On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 2:05 PM Eli Zaretskii <
eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> > From: João Távora <
joaotavora@gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:57:22 +0100
> > Cc: Stefan Monnier <
monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>, Juri Linkov <
juri@linkov.net>,
40573@debbugs.gnu.org,
> > Dmitry Gutov <
dgutov@yandex.ru>
> >
> > No. IMO a mode included in the core should handle more that just one
> > kind of file. We've been through this, at least twice. Why do you
> > keep pushing? It only adds to aggravation.
> >
> > First, I don't know why you would feel aggravated by my
> > question.
>
> Not by the question, by your pushing and pushing and pushing, Same
> arguments, same questions time and again. To what end?
The thing is, I give those arguments and you _don't_ refute
them. You don't say like: "oh but if we did that then this
negative effect would take place". Or "there isn't any positive
effects to what you suggest". So I assume my arguments
aren't getting through and I reformulate. That's not "pushing"
in my book. Also, don't assume the exasperation is only
on your side: I also get a bit exasperated when you don't
reply directly to my arguments.
> > Anyway, maybe that wasn't clear, but the new mode would
> > handle lots of files I have here. It would allow me to design
> > better working methods for me and my team. I just can't show
> > you those files. But I hope you can take my word for it.
> I'd prefer to see the code.
Which code? I can't show you my data files (but they're
not code). If you mean the one that adds the mode and
makes `.dir-locals.el` default to it, sure thing, I'll have it
ready later today. _that's_ what I was proposing earlier.
But please confirm this is the code you want to see.
> > If you don't accept the "do no harm" criteria, how many
> > types of files produced by Emacs do you need before it
> > becomes useful in your criteria? Is .dir-locals.el + another
> > one enough? That's "more than just one".
>
> Again, this is not the kind of question that I can give a useful
> answer. If you or someone else show the code, I'm sure I will be able
> to make up my mind about it (and so will be others).
The code I think you're talking about is Stefan's patch (that I
linked to) + adding an entry to `auto-mode-alist`. It introduces
the new mode and turns it on automatically on for a single
Emacs-produced file. I'll produce a formal patch of it later
today, but don't expect any surprises.
I'll present work in a branch, I'll be happy to add more code
for types of files. Though I was also suggesting that
this effort for more files could be done in master.
--
João Távora