On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 6:27 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> First, I propose adding a .dir-locals.el file to the top-level directory
> with basic emacs settings. These get applied automatically. This
> especially covers the particular tab and indentation settings that
> PostgreSQL uses. With this, casual developers will not need to modify
> any of their emacs settings.
Yes please. I've had the pgsql stuff in my .emacs for-ever (ever since I
was a student and compelled to do homework on Postgres) and knew the
magical rules about naming the directory, but it always felt so dirty
and very much a 'you need to know the trick' level of intimacy.