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Re: Appending items to variables in .dir-locals.el
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Philip Kaludercic |
Subject: |
Re: Appending items to variables in .dir-locals.el |
Date: |
Wed, 21 Sep 2022 19:06:18 +0000 |
Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> writes:
>>> I think it would be good to be able to add items to variables that hold
>>> lists in `.dir-locals.el'. Maybe with the special form `(append
>>> VARIABLE . ITEMS))'? Considering `auto-mode-alist' has its own special
>>> form, I think the need for this already exists.
>>
>> While not exactly what you want, you can add a lisp expression and have
>> it evaluated to the same effect. But yes, a proper feature would be
>> nice to have.
>
> Isn't (eval . (add-to-list 'VARIABLE ITEMS)) already short enough?
AFAIK this won't check if VARIABLE is safe and the modification isn't
local.