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Re: project variable patch #2
From: |
Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: project variable patch #2 |
Date: |
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 21:13:29 -0400 |
+ Emacs provides a way to specify local variable values per-project.
The term "project" is misleading for this. A project is an activity,
not a collection of code. Your project for this week could be to
add a new feature to Emacs, but the directory would not be for
your project, it would be for Emacs.
Let's call them "local variable values for a whole directory".
This means changing the node name, section title, and text.
Changing the function names is also called for.
+ This example shows some settings that would be appropriate for GCC.
"appropriate for the GCC source code".
("Appropriate for GCC" is ambiguous.)
Finally, a string key can
+be used to specify an alist which applies to a relative subdirectory
+in the project.
+
Please avoid the passive voice.
+ When reading settings from a file like this, Emacs automatically
...from this file...