Keep emacs configuration in one configuration file.

On 07.03.2011 19:04, Lennart Poettering wrote:
>
> Oh, I had assumed that .vimrc trick would allow project-wide vim
> modelines without having to edit each and every single file.
>
> Currently, every file does contain an emacs modeline at the top. It
> would be fair I guess to add a vim modeline to all those files too, even
> though it's not necessarily pretty.
Hi,
maybe it makes sense to go in the opposite direction: add .dir-locals.el
in the top directory. The settings are actually identical in all .[ch]
files.

.dir-locals.el

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+; Sets emacs variables based on mode.
+; A list of (major-mode . ((var1 . value1) (var2 . value2)))
+; Mode can be nil, which gives default values.
+
+((nil . ((indent-tabs-mode . nil)
+         (tab-width . 8)))
+)