From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bruce Korb Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: HOW CAN I STOP THIS NOVICE MODE STUFF? Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:32:46 -0800 Organization: Private Message-ID: <477BE6DE.3030207@gmail.com> References: <476ED79F.1000306@gmail.com> <477141A3.7030808@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199302378 27691 80.91.229.12 (2 Jan 2008 19:32:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 19:32:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: schwab@suse.de, bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 02 20:33:18 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 1JA9L2-0001tg-0Y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:33:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JA9Kf-0001EN-RV for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:32:53 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JA9KZ-00019c-9C for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:32:47 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JA9KY-00017I-43 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:32:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JA9KX-000172-Vp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:32:46 -0500 Original-Received: from flpi185.sbcis.sbc.com ([207.115.20.187] helo=flpi185.prodigy.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JA9KU-0008O6-7S; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:32:42 -0500 X-ORBL: [75.2.140.107] Original-Received: from [192.168.1.102] (adsl-75-2-140-107.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net [75.2.140.107]) by flpi185.prodigy.net (8.13.8 out.dk.spool/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m02JWdqn013660; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 11:32:40 -0800 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070801) In-Reply-To: X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:17282 Archived-At: 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: */ and then just not ask questions of "bkorb" would take care of this? Anyway, today's question has to do with some other setting that is not readily solved with googling for emacs "does not run" in "separate window" I can, in fact, C-x 5 2 and create another window and then Alt-F4 kill off the original window, but I'd rather have (emacs &) simply spawn another window. There must be some setting that changed, but there sure is no obvious setting that I know about. Disabling the "~/.emacs" config file has no effect. Googling got me to someone suggesting a different OS/X binary, but nothing else of interest. What should I be looking for? Thank you - Bruce P.S. In case it helps, .Xdefaults: Emacs.font: 7x13 Emacs.BorderWidth: 0 Emacs.geometry: 81x100 Emacs.MenuBar: off Emacs.ToolBar: off Emacs.VerticalScrollBars: left But none of this has changed in the last couple of weeks