From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: jidanni@jidanni.org
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: mention risky local variables "!" choice
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:47:38 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xg642vqnad.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k5rb71n2.fsf@jidanni.org> (jidanni@jidanni.org's message of "Sat, 01 Sep 2007 06:57:53 +0800")
jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:
> OK, then please document the **** changes stuff below:
>
> Some variables, such as `load-path', are considered particularly
> "risky": there is seldom any reason to specify them as local
> variables, and changing them can be dangerous. ****> Emacs will not
> prompt with "!" in this case, and even if you enter it, <**** Emacs
> will not record any values as safe for these variables.
When Emacs does not prompt with !, you can't enter it. This is so
self-explanatory as to not be worth documenting.
If there are both risky and unsafe variables, it does prompt with !,
but that only applies to the unsafe variables. This non-trivial case
is what the current manual refers to, quite clearly I think.
> And don't forget the other important points of my original important
> post.
I must have missed them.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-31 23:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-30 17:17 mention risky local variables "!" choice jidanni
2007-08-31 7:35 ` Richard Stallman
2007-08-31 8:21 ` Glenn Morris
2007-08-31 22:57 ` jidanni
2007-08-31 23:47 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2007-09-04 22:35 ` Davis Herring
2007-09-01 4:06 ` Richard Stallman
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