Re: Per-language project-search-path, was: Re: Unified project interface

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 08/01/2015 09:57 PM, Stephen Leake wrote:

> I often mix languages in one directory anyway; the file extension
> indicates the language, so there's no need for it in the directory name.

All right. That's fine if you don't need it.

> > And what about jdee? Would you treat lisp/.dir-locals.el as the
> > project file for Elisp, and ask the user to select it?
>
> I think you are asking
>
>      "what project would you use while editing elisp files that implement
>      jdee"
>
> ...
>
> Yes, serious users will want to explicitly select the active project.

Okay. I could add that different languages can have interdependencies 
(like templates can references to "normal" source code), so it's not 
always easy to separate them. But I guess you can use their search paths 
together, and rely on filtering by extension.

> If I'm debugging jdee, I want the search path to be elisp load-path,
> whether I'm in a notes.text file, a jdee .el file, or a test .java file.
> So I don't want Emacs to guess what the active project is, nor determine
> the search path based on the mode.

Fair enough.

>      (setq project-find-functions 'project-explicit-prj)

When the package is ready, this should be added via add-hook, when a 
certain minor mode is enabled.

>      A menu or completion list of previously selected projects would be
>      very useful here (I'm working on that).

That minor mode could provide a relevant command.

> - Provide a way for functions to require a particular type of project file
>
>      This is mostly there; all functions that only work with projects of
>      some type should be cl-defmethods for that type.

That's fine, but it's better is more functions are universal.