Alex Kost <alez...@gmail.com> skribis: > Ludovic Courtès (2015-09-29 22:16 +0300) wrote: > >> Alex Kost <alez...@gmail.com> skribis: >> > [...] >>> So I think .dir-locals.el is not the proper place for indentation rules. >>> IMHO they should be moved to "guix-devel.el" and the manual should >>> recommend using 'guix-devel-mode' for editing guix package files as it >>> provides the proper indenting, highlighting and some useful key >>> bindings. >> >> Yes, but I agree with Taylan: a passerby should get a reasonable setup >> in place automatically. That’s what I like about .dir-locals.el: it >> allows you to make sure that a minimum set of rules is in place, which >> in turn means that patches are more likely to come out right, which >> means less frustration and increased happiness. >> >> Using eval + load in .dir-locals.el is indeed ugly though. So, for lack >> of a better solution, I’m fine having some of the rules duplicated. >> Specifically, rules for ‘package’, ‘origin’, ‘operating-system’, >> ‘substitute*’, ‘with-store’, ‘with-monad’, ‘run-with-store’, >> ‘run-with-state’, and ‘m…’. >> >> How does that sound? > > I'd like to have them in "guix-devel.el", but I don't see the reason for > duplicating. I think they either should be placed in "guix-devel.el" > (surely the right thing for me :-)) or stay in ".dir-locals.el" (I'm > afraid the right thing for the most :-(). > > Why do you suggest the duplication?
Just to make sure that anyone using Emacs will get things right, even if they haven’t learned about guix-devel.el yet. WDYT? Ludo’.
