From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: HOW CAN I STOP THIS NOVICE MODE STUFF? Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:51:52 -0800 Message-ID: <200801021951.m02Jpq43005487@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> References: <476ED79F.1000306@gmail.com> <477141A3.7030808@gmail.com> <477BE6DE.3030207@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199303690 32045 80.91.229.12 (2 Jan 2008 19:54:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 19:54:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: schwab@suse.de, bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org To: Bruce Korb Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 02 20:55:10 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JA9gC-0000Gk-Vr for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:55:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JA9fq-0007Xt-VO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:54:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JA9fl-0007Ve-25 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:54:41 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JA9fj-0007VP-9m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:54:40 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JA9fj-0007VM-31 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:54:39 -0500 Original-Received: from oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.41]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JA9ff-0004Fj-38; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:54:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m02Jpq43005487; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 11:51:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <477BE6DE.3030207@gmail.com> (Bruce Korb's message of "Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:32:46 -0800") Original-Lines: 29 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:17283 Archived-At: Bruce Korb writes: > Richard Stallman wrote: > > "anyone", I would hope :). Perhaps I was mistaken. I thought > > these incantations were constrained to setting buffer local > > variable values. > > > > Yes, but there are variables whose values can get evaluated by Emacs > > commands. That's the motive for this feature: to make sure those > > variables don't get set by some file to a malicious value. > > And the net result is a loss of usability because at least I do not > appreciate being interrupted from my work to answer "are you sure" > questions on files I open and close a fair amount. The "you've never > set this kind of variable before, do you really want to do that?!?!?!" > question is a nuisance because I don't really want to enumerate > everything, but this one is a bigger hassle. Perhaps add something > like: > > /* > * Local Variables: > * ..... > * user-approves-of-everything: bkorb > * End: > */ Can you please post the contents of the local variables section for the file that causes this?