diff --git a/doc/emacs/custom.texi b/doc/emacs/custom.texi index 6c33eb2019e..5dbe21f9134 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/custom.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/custom.texi @@ -1554,7 +1554,8 @@ as Dired buffers (@pxref{Dired}). @subsubsection Per-Directory Variables via EditorConfig @cindex EditorConfig support -The EditorConfig standard is an alternative to the @file{.dir-locals.el} +The @uref{https://editorconfig.org/, EditorConfig standard} +is an alternative to the @file{.dir-locals.el} files, which can control only a very small number of variables, but has the advantage of being editor-neutral. Those settings are stored in files named @file{.editorconfig}.