When Dired visits a directory, it looks for a file whose name is the value of
variable dired-local-variables-file
(default: `.dired'). If such
a file is found, Dired will temporarily insert it into the Dired buffer and
run hack-local-variables
.
For example, if the user puts
Local Variables: dired-actual-switches: "-lat" dired-omit-files-p: t End:
into a file called `.dired' in a directory then when that directory is viewed it will be
You can set dired-local-variables-file
to nil
to suppress this.
The value of dired-enable-local-variables
controls if and how these
local variables are read. This variable exists so that if may override the
default value of enable-local-variables
.
Please see the GNU Emacs Manual to learn more about local variables. See section `Local Variables in Files' in The GNU Emacs Manual.
The following variables affect Dired Local Variables
dired-local-variables-file
".dired"
If non-nil
, filename for local variables for Dired. If Dired finds a
file with that name in the current directory, it will temporarily insert it
into the dired buffer and run `hack-local-variables'.
dired-enable-local-variables
t
Controls use of local-variables lists in dired. The value can be t
,
nil
, or something else. A value of t
means local-variables
lists are obeyed in the dired-local-variables-file
; nil
means
they are ignored; anything else means query. This variable temporarily
overrides the value of enable-local-variables
when the Dired Local
Variables are hacked.
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