Questions tagged [directory-local-variables]
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How to set a “#+SETUPFILE: .xxx.setup” as dir local?
I need this line in every my org files. It's tedious to include it in everyone of them.
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How to manually define trusted paths for directory local variables '.dir-locals.el'?
I would like to define a list of trusted paths.
Where dir-locals.el can be loaded without asking me.
Without having to be concerned with safe-local-variable-valuesWhich isn't very practical if the ...
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Using two programming languages with the same file extension
I am just starting to set up a perl environment in emacs but the problem is that I already program with prolog and both languages use the .pl file extension. I have two directory ~/src/prolog and ~/...
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Automatically enable a mode with dir-locals.el
I'm trying to achieve the effect of automatically calling M-x importmagic-mode whenever I open a python file, but I need to do this in a directory specific way, using dir-locals.el.
I have this in dir-...
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elpy flymake does not recognize local .pylintrc
I have the following in the project root for my .pylintrc:
[FORMAT]
# Maximum number of characters on a single line.
max-line-length=1000
# String used as indentation unit. This is usually " ...
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Ignore file- and directory-variables when using “emacs -Q”?
I am using emacs -Q as editor for git, because my startup is too heavy for "quick editing" use and using emacsclient will hang when git is invoked with M-x shell-command. However, as a ...
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Directory Variable: .dirs-local.el with regexp
We can specify modes :
(c-mode . ((c-file-style . "BSD")
(subdirs . nil)))
Or directories :
("src/imported"
. ((nil . ((change-log-default-name . "ChangeLog.local")))))
Is there ...
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.dir-locals for specific directory but not its children
How to set a directory local variable for a directory itself non-recursively? I don't want the variable set in .dir-locals.el affect the sub-directories.
Edited:
My use case is: I'd like to hide dot ...
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realgud pdb with .dir-locals.el
I'm trying to use directory local variables so my realgud:pdb invocation can be:
Run pdb (like this): /home/username/work/place/environments/default/bin/python -m pdb /home/username/work/place/scratch....
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Set multiple dir-local variables for the same mode
I understand from here, that I can use dir-locals.el to customize modes, such as given in the example:
;; Warn about spaces used for indentation:
(haskell-mode . ((eval . (highlight-regexp ...
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Can not read dir-local variable from a hook function
hope you are all well.
Before stating problem, let me tell you my setup. I am using Emacs 27.1, using pyvenv, projectile, lsp-mode, lsp-python-ms for python-mode. I have set WORKON_HOME environmental ...
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Set mode for new Tex files in a directory
How to change the default mode for new Tex files in a directory? I tried putting this into a .dir-local.el:
((nil
(tex-default-mode . context-mode)
(TeX-default-mode . context-mode)))
but newly ...
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does tramp mode look at .dir-locals
I'm using emacs over tramp to edit a project inside a vm on my local machine. It has something like this:
ssh:vm:~/projects/project/.dir-locals.el
ssh:vm:~/projects/project/src/tests/file-i'm-editing....
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how best to set the `projectile-regenerate-tags` command
I have a fortran project I'm working on and I cannot figure out the right way to use .dir-locals to set the projectile-tags-command
here is my dir-locals.el file:
(
(f90-mode
(projectile-tags-...
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specify predicate in safe-local-variable-values
I am trying to configure safe-local-variable-values in my init.el so that all string values for projectile-project-name in any .dir-locals.el file are considered safe.
(custom-set-variables
'(safe-...
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ispell dictionary in .dir-locals.el
Aim:
I am writing papers in different languages mostly in multifile latex projects. Thats why I would like to set the ispell dictionary in the directory local variables.
Problem:
Flyspell is not using ...
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Apply settings in .dir-locals.el to both c and c++ major modes
Is there a way to specify the same settings for c-mode and c++-mode without repeating the alist?
I have:
((c-mode . ((comment-start . "/* ")
(comment-end . " */")
(comment-...
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How to set block comment style in .dir-locals.el
When I do C-c C-k (c-toggle-comment-style) the value of comment-style remains indent. To achieve the same result as setting block comments, in my .dir-locals.el I have:
((c-mode . ((comment-start . "/...
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How to use concat to get the path in .dir-locals.el with flycheck-clang-include-path
I am using the following content to include headers to my project using .dir-locals.el
((c++-mode .
((flycheck-clang-language-standard . "c++14")
(flycheck-clang-include-path
"/Users/user/...
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Is there a way to undo hook attached to major modes in spacemacs?
In my .spacemacs file I set the following hooks to run:
(add-hook 'js-mode-hook 'prettier-js-mode)
(add-hook 'web-mode-hook 'prettier-js-mode)
I, however, have projects where I don't want these to ...
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At what point are file-local and dir-local variables applied to a newly-loaded buffer?
I'm currently attempting to call the function company-org-roam--init-hook from org-mode-hook in order to enable the company-org-roam backend in org-roam buffers. In some of the files in which this ...
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Add custom project config loading via `.dir-local.el`
I have a custom config for a project which I would like to load whenever emacs is started from project's root directory. The custom config lies in path/to/project/emacs.d/custom-init.el. I have also ...
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How to set minor mode variables in dir-locals?
Im writing an lsp-mode purescript client and couldn't figure out how to override the default config options using a .dir-locals file.
For example, I have a defcustom :
defcustom lsp-purescript-use-...
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wrong-type-argument listp eval
I have a project which is centralized in a directory. The directory contains the .dir-locals.el file with the following content, just a defun:
(defun pr--narrow-buffer ()
"Narrow the current buffer ...
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use .dir-locals.el to setup blacklist (based on projectile root) for ccls (c++mode server)
I use this setup to setup blacklists for ccls in my project:
(
(prog-mode (ccls-initialization-options . (:index (:blacklist [
"^/Users/xxx/proj/dir1/"
"^/Users/xxx/proj/dir2/(dir3|dir4)/"])))
)
How ...
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How to set tags-table-list as a per-directory local variable?
I have two tags tables that I would like to be searched/visited when I'm working on one of my R packages. I am able to set them globally with the following code in my .emacs config file:
(setq tags-...
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Use lsp-mode for some projects and ggtags for others
Is there a way to configure Emacs to activate lsp-mode for some projects and ggtags for other projects? Maybe using .dir-locals.el?
I code C++ and the project I most often work on doesn't support lsp-...
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cmake-ide defining variables
I have a project I build using cmake. To build this project, I need to define several options like -DPRODUCT=amd64 -DXML_DIR=/opt/xml_database Normally, I either pass these as -D or configure them in ...
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Fail to start Python Language Server when Python virtual env is activated from .dir-locals.el
I have the following in a .dir-locals.el
((python-mode . ((pyvenv-workon . "3.7")
(projectile-project-compilation-cmd . "python -m unittest fixcompdb_test.py"))))
I use lsp-mode and the Pyls ...
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Reloading directory-local variables
How do you reload directory-local variables? I would like to modify a .dir-locals.el and have such changes applied to the current Emacs session.
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evaluating fn in dir-locals.el
I realize there are a number of questions surrounding this topic, but I'm trying use a global function that I've written inside a project .dir-locals.el.
Specifically, I wrote a function to add a ...
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Can I override the “nil” variables in .dir-locals.el with a more specific mode?
There is a project called Piglit with a .dir_locals.el file like this:
((nil . ((indent-tabs-mode . t)))
(python-mode . ((indent-tabs-mode . nil))))
I think the intention is that most files in the ...
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Remember permission to execute “risky” local variables
In many of my projects I use .dir-locals.el files to setup project specific variables such as compile commands. Upon opening a file within a directory containing such a file, emacs complains about "...
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Customized c-offsets-alist override c-file-style in dir-locals
Assuming I customized my default C indentation settings through M-x customize-variable c-offsets-alist:
(custom-set-variables
'(c-offsets-alist
(quote
((statement-case-open . 0)
(...
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Load package in dir-locals
Sorry, I'm new to emacs and I'm sure this is a very basic question.
For my personal projects I prefer spaces for indentation, whereas work requires smart-tabs (tabs for indentation, spaces for ...
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Setting org-babel-load-languages in .dir-locals.el
As per the title, I'd like to set the org-babel-load-languages (to contain ditaa and calc languages) for a specific project only.
The only solution I found so far is this one
(
(org-mode .
...
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Enable .dir-locals.el variables inside just opened buffer
I'm programmtically create a new buffer as a result of shell command
(defun jira-ticket-view (&optional jira-ticket)
"Open Jira Ticket Inside Emacs"
(interactive)
(setq jiraURL (get-jira-...
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dir-locals not working
I wanted to have wc-mode (a minor mode) enabled when I edit any markdown file in a specific directory. So, I created a .dir-locals.el file and added the following to it:
((markdown . ((wc-mode . t))))...
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Override per-directory settings on a file type basis
I'm using dir-locals-set-class-variables in my git directories to apply whitespace-mode settings differently, based on the needs of each repo. if my sf directory, for all subfolders, I want to use ...
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Why are my .dir-locals not being applied even though they are loaded
Still on a never ending quest to get per project settings working for python using tramp and .dir-locals.
Hitting a strange problem when I open a buffer I am asked if i would like to run my .dir-...
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Why are my dir-locals always malformed
I was reading about dir-locals and wanted to set up per project settings. However whatever I try results in a malformed function. Why is this ?
.dir-locals.el:4:1:Warning: ‘(php-mode (php-executable ....
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White list of .dir-locals.el
Is it possible to load .dir-locals.el file without prompting me, but also without adding values I am configuring in that file to my init.el in custom-set-variables? The reason I want it is that that ...
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Can't get directory local variables to work - Debugger encountered Lisp error
I've tried adding directory variables in several ways and I keep getting the same error. First, I was editing .dir.locals.el, but when that didn't work, I added each variable individually using M-x ...
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Problems trying to turn on auto-fill in a directory local way
I am inexperienced in Emacs and very new to directory-local variables, so please forgive any obvious things I may be missing.
I am trying to have auto-fill mode activated for all the files in a ...
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How to use magit-commit-arguments to set commit author
I'm trying to use a .dir_locals.el file to override the author field in Git commits (so when I'm committing something in a work repo, I use my work email).
It looks like magit-commit-arguments is ...
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How not to propagate dired-actual-switches as a directory variable to the sub directories
I want to set dired-actual-switches for the directory /path/to/data, but not for data's subdirectories. So I generated the following .dir-locals.el file in /path/to/data:
;;; Directory Local ...
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How to set major mode for a file in .dir-locals.el?
I would like to set the major mode for a file as you would using file-local variables
Local Variables:
mode: text
End:
but in .dir-locals.el in order not to “pollute” the file in question. Is this ...
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How to trust code in .dir.locals.el and pass the (is it safe) test?
I have this code in my .dir-locals.el file:
(eval . (let ((root (projectile-project-root)))
(setq-local company-clang-arguments
(list (concat "-I" root "headers")...
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How to set indentation style substatement-open offset parameter from .dir-locals.el?
Within CC mode, for C and C++ files inside a directory, I'd like to have the open braces following a case/do/for/if/while not indented, whatever the style is and without having to change anything in ....
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flycheck-gcc-include-path in .dir-locals.el
In my .dir-locals.el I have:
(cpp-mode . (setq flycheck-gcc-include-path '("/home/<user>/<project>/include")))
This doesnt seem to set flycheck-gcc-include-path, any ideas why?
Also is ...
