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 4 Local Variables for Dired Directories
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 This Dired-X feature is obsolete as of Emacs 24.1.  The standard Emacs
 directory local variables mechanism ((emacs)Directory Variables)
 replaces it.  For an example of the new mechanisms, Omitting
 Variables.
 
    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-mode: t
      End:
 
 into a file called ‘.dired’ in a directory then when that directory is
 viewed it will be
 
   1. sorted by date
   2. omitted automatically
 
 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 it may override the
 default value of ‘enable-local-variables’.
 
 Please see the GNU Emacs Manual to learn more about local variables.
 Local Variables in Files (emacs)File Variables.
 
 The following variables affect Dired Local Variables
 
 ‘dired-local-variables-file’
      Default: ‘".dired"’
 
      If non-‘nil’, file name 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’
      Default: ‘t’
 
      Controls the use of local-variables lists in Dired.  This variable
      temporarily overrides the value of ‘enable-local-variables’ when
      the Dired Local Variables are hacked.  It takes the same values as
      that variable.  A value of ‘nil’ means to ignore any Dired Local
      Variables.
 

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