Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I'm surprised that the compromise of adding advisory comments rubs >> you (Bruno) so hard the wrong way. Does anyone else object to >> adding both lines? > > I'm afraid I'm mildly annoyed by them too. I use Emacs with (setq > enable-local-variables 0), so I get this prompt: > > Set local variables as specified in -*- line of foo.c (y or n) > > when I visit a file, and this means my typehead can get > misinterpreted. If the file name is sufficiently long and my window > sufficiently narrow, the screen hops around a bit too, which is > visually distracting. I'd rather have a solution that didn't involve > that question. (I realize I can shut it off for all files, but that > has other negative consequences.) > > Also, these changes mean I can't easily copy files from coreutils back > to gnulib; I have to remember to remove the DO NOT EDIT notice.
Good point. > Again, no big deal, but it's one other minor thing to do (or forget to > do :-). Currently, 346 files shared between gnulib and coreutils have > the DO NOT EDIT notice, so it's quite likely I'll run into the > problem. > > Since the gnulib and coreutils copies are now identical in most cases > except for the DO NOT EDIT notice, I was thinking of having > "bootstrap" use symbolic links instead of copies, for source files > whose contents are identical if you omit the DO NOT EDIT notice. This > would mean I'd edit my gnulib copy if I visit my coreutils copy, which > is almost always what I want to do. It might also mean another > annoying question about whether I want to follow a symbolic link to a > CVS controlled file, but I have fewer qualms about shutting that > message off. That sounds like a good alternative for coreutils' bootstrap script. You're welcome to change it. However, aren't the warning and possible annoyance at least a little more appropriate for the build-generated files whose rules I was proposing to change in gnulib? Whatever. If you disagree, I won't lose any sleep over the status quo.
