Re: Buffer-local process environments

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 12:56:36 +0200
> 
> When developing software, it's often not possible or desirable to
> install compilers and related tools globally, so (barring the
> availability of fancy build tools) one has to fiddle with environment
> variables.
> 
> Currently it's quite hard to set up Emacs to interact correctly with
> external tools on a per-project basis, because there is no unified way
> adjust the environment.  For instance:
> 
> - `M-x compile' has the `compilation-environment' variable.
> - python-mode uses `python-shell-virtualenv-root' when launching a
>   REPL.
> - Eglot provides no other mechanism than setting `exec-path' and
>   `process-environment' buffer-locally.
> - etc.

Can you explain why Eglot's way does not provide a solution for these
situations?

Thanks.