-}, and the most common file name to use is @file{.dir-locals.el}.
-
-Any file matching this name pattern in a directory causes Emacs to
-apply its settings when visiting files in that directory or any of its
-subdirectories (optionally, you can exclude subdirectories; see
-below).
-If some of the subdirectories have their own file matching
-@file{.dir-locals*.el}, Emacs uses the settings from the deepest file
-it finds starting from the file's directory and moving up the
-directory tree. The file specifies local variables as a specially
-formatted list; see @ref{Directory Variables, , Per-directory Local
-Variables, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}, for more details.
-
-If the same directory contains multiple such files (for instance,
-@file{.dir-locals.el} and @file{.dir-locals2.el}), then all of them
-are used in @code{string<} order. This means that, if two files
-specify different values for the same variable, the file sorted after
-will override the value of the previous file (for instance, values in
-@file{.dir-locals2.el} override those in @file{.dir-locals.el}). Note
-that, because of how lexicographic order works, values in
-@file{.dir-locals10.el} are overridden by values in @file{.dir-locals2.el}.
-This can be avoided by using @file{.dir-locals02.el} instead.
+}. A file by that name in a directory causes Emacs to apply its
+settings to any file in that directory or any of its subdirectories
+(optionally, you can exclude subdirectories; see below).
+If some of the subdirectories have their own @file{.dir-locals.el}
+files, Emacs uses the settings from the deepest file it finds starting
+from the file's directory and moving up the directory tree. The file
+specifies local variables as a specially formatted list; see
+@ref{Directory Variables, , Per-directory Local Variables, emacs, The
+GNU Emacs Manual}, for more details.