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vava
vava

Reputation: 25371

How do I set buffer local variable from Eval: in .dir-local.el?

Why this works

((nil . ((compilation-directory . "/home/vava/code_directory/")
         (compilation-command . "rake"))
))

and this doesn't?

((nil . ((Eval . (setq compilation-directory "/home/vava/code_directory"))
         (compilation-command . "rake"))
))

What I'm doing wrong here?

I have set enable-local-eval in .emacs.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2429

Answers (2)

Thomas
Thomas

Reputation: 17422

Emacs Lisp is case-sensitive: try lower-case "eval":

((nil . ((eval . (setq compilation-directory "/home/vava/code_directory"))
         (compilation-command . "rake"))))

Also, the name of the file for directory-local variables is .dir-locals.el, not .dir-local.el as in the question headline.

Upvotes: 9

offby1
offby1

Reputation: 6993

Obviously you're assuming that "eval" has the same special meaning in directory-local variables that it does in file-local variables; and yet the documentation doesn't seem to confirm this. So my guess is: you simply can't do it.

Upvotes: -3

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