Local variables question

Local variables question

[Andreas Davour]

Hi

I've recently gotten a lot of these messages:

----------8<----------8<------------
local variables list in DNA.lisp
contains values that may not be safe (*).

Do you want to apply it?  You can type
y  -- to apply the local variables list.
n  -- to ignore the local variables list.
!  -- to apply the local variables list, and permanently mark these
      values (*) as safe (in the future, they will be set
      automatically.)

  * Syntax : ANSI-Common-Lisp
  * Base : 10
---------->8---------->8------------

Some of the variables are really innocent ones and I haven't seen any
message like this before.

Was there a list of safe variables before or have the newest emacs
started being paranoid? Is there a way of getting rid of this? It's
quite annoying to have that show up every time I visit a new file.

/andreas

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Re: Local variables question

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 17.01.2008 um 15:30 schrieb Andreas Davour:

> Was there a list of safe variables before or have the newest emacs
> started being paranoid?

The latter is true.

> Is there a way of getting rid of this?

Press ``!´´ Then it will be listed among the customisation in your  
user init file, ~/.emacs.

> It's quite annoying to have that show up every time I visit a new  
> file.


Send a bug report requesting to make this or that variable a safe one  
by default. Sometimes it works.

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Re: Local variables question

[Andreas Davour]

Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:

> Am 17.01.2008 um 15:30 schrieb Andreas Davour:
>
>> Was there a list of safe variables before or have the newest emacs
>> started being paranoid?
>
> The latter is true.
>
>> Is there a way of getting rid of this?
>
> Press ``!´´ Then it will be listed among the customisation in
> your user init file, ~/.emacs.
>
>> It's quite annoying to have that show up every time I visit a new
>> file.
>
>
> Send a bug report requesting to make this or that variable a safe one
> by default. Sometimes it works.

Thanks for your feedback. Maybe I should just go to the source and dump
a new emacs that's not so paranoid.

/Andreas

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Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
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Re: Local variables question

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 17.01.2008 um 19:26 schrieb Andreas Davour:

> Maybe I should just go to the source and dump a new emacs that's  
> not so paranoid.


If the change was accomplished by some level of paranoia then, I  
presume, the code is camouflaged ...

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Re: Local variables question

[Sebastian Tennant]

Quoth Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>:
> Am 17.01.2008 um 19:26 schrieb Andreas Davour:
>
>> Maybe I should just go to the source and dump a new emacs that's not
>> so paranoid.
>
>
> If the change was accomplished by some level of paranoia then, I
> presume, the code is camouflaged ...
>

I believe

 (setq enable-local-eval t
       enable-local-variables t)

effectively disables these safety measures.

Sebastian