From: PJ Weisberg <pj@irregularexpressions.net>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: user-controlled load-path extension: load-dir
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 12:39:32 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=PDB47t6+raTQ+Uhr2p_3pnJUucE=sHMtkfBGE@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvmxl6n7l0.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
On 3/7/11, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>> They are not packages, they are snippets of code. ELPA requires far
>> more structure and many more steps. For what I'm proposing, a lot less
>> work is required (just a y/n prompt the first time a snippet is found to
>> ensure it's not placed there maliciously).
>
> There's no reason why package.el can't accept any random elisp file.
I think this proposal is really about code snippets that people would
otherwise just cut and paste into their .emacs file. The average
user's .emacs often winds up containing mostly code they found
somewhere and use without really understanding it. Dropping each
snippit in its own file would be a big help if the user ever did need
to debug some problem with his init, or if he decided one day to
actually learn elisp.
(I din't know if the security/hash thing is really necessary. If the
attacker already has write access to your home directory, how much
worse can it get?)
-PJ
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-07 20:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 134+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-01 20:32 user-controlled load-path extension: load-dir Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-03 21:07 ` Dimitri Fontaine
2011-03-04 9:55 ` Julien Danjou
2011-03-04 17:18 ` Tom Tromey
2011-03-04 18:04 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-04 18:37 ` Dimitri Fontaine
2011-03-04 19:35 ` Tom Tromey
2011-03-04 19:45 ` Dimitri Fontaine
2011-03-04 19:54 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-04 20:21 ` Dimitri Fontaine
2011-03-04 20:25 ` Chad Brown
2011-03-04 20:46 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-05 19:24 ` Chad Brown
2011-03-04 20:26 ` Chad Brown
2011-03-04 20:08 ` Tom Tromey
2011-03-04 20:24 ` Dimitri Fontaine
2011-03-04 21:17 ` Tom Tromey
2011-03-04 21:33 ` Dimitri Fontaine
2011-03-04 21:37 ` Tom Tromey
2011-03-05 3:18 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-05 19:11 ` Chad Brown
2011-03-06 7:21 ` Mike Mattie
2011-03-07 16:24 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-07 17:18 ` Chad Brown
2011-03-07 17:59 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-08 17:36 ` Dimitri Fontaine
2011-03-08 18:30 ` Chad Brown
2011-03-07 17:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-07 20:39 ` PJ Weisberg [this message]
2011-03-08 2:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-08 10:26 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-08 17:14 ` Chong Yidong
2011-03-08 18:47 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-08 19:23 ` Julien Danjou
2011-03-09 2:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-09 19:57 ` Chong Yidong
2011-03-08 20:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-08 21:38 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-09 7:06 ` Jan D.
2011-03-09 7:17 ` Christoph Scholtes
2011-03-09 10:01 ` Jan Djärv
2011-03-09 15:42 ` `custom-file' and init-file [was: user-controlled load-path extension: load-dir] Drew Adams
2011-03-09 17:54 ` `custom-file' and init-file Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-03-09 21:19 ` `custom-file' and init-file [was: user-controlled load-path extension: load-dir] Evans Winner
2011-03-09 21:39 ` `custom-file' and init-file [was: user-controlled load-pathextension: load-dir] Drew Adams
2011-03-10 2:52 ` `custom-file' and init-file [was: user-controlled load-path extension: load-dir] Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-03-09 17:29 ` user-controlled load-path extension: load-dir Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-03-09 18:18 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-09 19:33 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-03-09 19:57 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-10 3:20 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-03-10 5:01 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-10 7:08 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-03-10 13:15 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-11 2:10 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-03-09 21:57 ` Mike Mattie
2011-03-10 7:08 ` Jan Djärv
2011-03-09 6:03 ` Mike Mattie
2011-03-09 7:20 ` Jan D.
2011-03-09 23:44 ` Mike Mattie
2011-03-08 0:47 ` Mike Mattie
2011-03-08 10:37 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-09 6:26 ` Mike Mattie
2011-03-09 11:26 ` Ted Zlatanov
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-03-08 7:14 Ben Key
2011-03-08 9:58 ` Evans Winner
2011-03-08 18:49 ` PJ Weisberg
[not found] <AANLkTin1zXJQo2vsju7kpa31Nw568m_eNZS+gJ6g2tQO@mail.gmail.com>
2011-03-08 18:49 ` Ben Key
2011-03-08 20:01 ` Dimitri Fontaine
2011-03-08 20:25 ` Chad Brown
2011-03-08 20:38 ` Dimitri Fontaine
2011-03-08 22:40 ` Chad Brown
2011-03-09 9:36 ` Dimitri Fontaine
2011-03-09 11:52 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-08 22:57 ` Ben Key
2011-03-09 3:28 ` Ben Key
2011-03-09 6:50 ` Ben Key
2011-03-09 7:29 ` Jan D.
2011-03-09 16:00 ` Ben Key
2011-03-09 11:39 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-09 19:51 ` Chong Yidong
2011-03-09 20:08 ` Ben Key
2011-03-09 20:18 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-09 20:32 ` Chong Yidong
2011-03-09 20:44 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-10 11:30 ` Dimitri Fontaine
2011-03-10 14:27 ` Tom Tromey
2011-03-10 17:23 ` Dimitri Fontaine
2011-03-10 18:33 ` Tom Tromey
2011-03-10 18:56 ` Chong Yidong
2011-03-10 19:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-03-10 20:30 ` Dimitri Fontaine
2011-03-10 21:54 ` Chong Yidong
2011-03-11 8:43 ` Dimitri Fontaine
2011-03-10 19:36 ` Jambunathan K
2011-03-11 15:00 ` chad
2011-03-11 17:41 ` Dimitri Fontaine
2011-03-12 5:51 ` chad
2011-03-12 10:09 ` Jan Djärv
2011-03-11 18:51 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-16 14:16 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-16 15:43 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-16 20:08 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-17 2:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-17 3:34 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-17 4:42 ` PJ Weisberg
2011-03-16 20:11 ` Evans Winner
2011-03-16 20:23 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-10 2:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-17 4:22 Ben Key
2011-03-17 6:31 ` Evans Winner
2011-03-17 10:55 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-17 20:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-17 21:01 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-17 21:05 ` Tom Tromey
2011-03-17 21:23 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-17 22:50 ` Glenn Morris
2011-03-18 2:46 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-18 10:56 ` Dimitri Fontaine
2011-03-18 13:07 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-18 2:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-19 4:10 Ben Key
2011-03-19 13:29 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-03-19 16:07 ` Ben Key
2011-03-19 14:15 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-20 2:58 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-20 12:05 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-23 15:32 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-23 20:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-24 0:03 Ben Key
2011-03-24 14:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-26 11:37 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-04-02 18:35 ` Chong Yidong
2011-04-04 9:54 ` Ted Zlatanov
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