Re: Buffer-local process environments

[Michael Albinus]

Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel@gmail.com> writes:

Hi Augusto,

> So why not make buffer-local process environments an official thing?
> By this I mean:
>
> 1. Fix commands that start external processes after switching buffers
>    to do what the user means.
>
> 2. Provide a convenient way to set the process environment buffer
>    locally.
>
> Point 1 is simple.  I've attached a patch for `compile' as an example.
> In the Python REPL case, I'm not sure whether it would be better to
> just adapt `run-python' or make a change in comint itself.

Have you checked, that this works for remote processes? this is already
hairy, and I fear it would be even more complicate. If we are going to
change something in this department, I'd be happy to have also a
rock-solid solution for remote processes.

See also connection-local variables, which are an attempt to make life easier.

Best regards, Michael.