Asynchronous fork of [envrc](https://github.com/purcell/envrc). This package allows you to load environments buffer locally. The package is named 'ben', which stands for Buffer ENvironments. The project relies on [direnv](https://direnv.net) which allows to setup per-directory environments through '.envrc' files. The main improvement of 'ben' over 'envrc' is the asynchronous processing of environments, which prevents Emacs from freezing. This is especially useful while loading computationally heavy environments, such when loading '.envrc' files that rely on Guix. In these cases, computations can take hours to complete. This package aims to facilitate loading such environments in the background. The main additions of the fork are: - Controlling the synchronousity of the environment loading mechanism through the `ben-async-processing' boolean variable. - Enhanced mode-line lighter for showcasing `none', `loading', `on' and `deny' status. - Process manager using tabulated list mode. - Minibuffer support which can be controlled through the `ben-disable-in-minibuffer' boolean variable. Enable `ben-global-mode' late in your startup files. For interaction with this functionality, see `ben-mode-map', and the commands `ben-reload', `ben-allow' and `ben-deny'. In particular, you can enable keybindings for the above commands by binding your preferred prefix to `ben-command-map' in `ben-mode-map', e.g. (with-eval-after-load 'ben (define-key ben-mode-map (kbd "C-c e") 'ben-command-map)) For more information about 'ben', please see the README.org file.