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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Gustavo Barros <gusbrs.2016@gmail.com>
Cc: org-mode list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: How to disable org-persist in a given file?
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2023 13:54:37 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fs8q4sbm.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAM9ALR8q-bWRT_8o8cDBMLTDEKfss6OhuSS9-JW1hCsrzTR_yg@mail.gmail.com>

Gustavo Barros <gusbrs.2016@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 at 07:55, Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for letting us know about this scenario!
>
> Yes, but there's little Emacs/Org can do there, I think. Once the
> volume is mounted, there's no way to tell it is meant to be treated as
> an encrypted file.

We can try (string-match mounted-file-systems default-directory).
Will it work with your setup?

>> You can use `org-persist-before-write-hook' to disable writing
>> selectively.
>
> Thanks! That's the one. Though it would be nice if a variable existed
> for the purpose. `(add-hook 'org-persist-before-write-hook (lambda
> (&rest _args) t) nil t)' is not our average file local variable. :)

We cannot just disable persistence completely.
For example, remote image export relies on persistence to be working
_during_ Emacs session.

What about file/directory-local variable that will redirect where to
save cache? 

> ... I think this would deserve an
> entry in the manual (as far as I can tell, currently there isn't one,
> but I'm running built-in on 29, so I might be out of date), letting
> people know it is enabled by default, and how to opt out, if they want
> to. As my scenario above shows, there's little hope of being able to
> cover "all cases", and people must take care of that for themselves
> within reason. All Org can do is let people know, and on security
> related issues, better be outspoken than shy.

I think we can add a section near "Code Evaluation and Security Issues".

-- 
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-04-23 14:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-04-22 19:32 How to disable org-persist in a given file? Gustavo Barros
2023-04-23 10:58 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-04-23 13:15   ` Gustavo Barros
2023-04-23 13:35     ` Ruijie Yu via General discussions about Org-mode.
2023-04-23 14:27       ` Gustavo Barros
2023-04-23 13:54     ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2023-04-23 14:13       ` Gustavo Barros
2023-04-25 10:24         ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-04-25 10:52           ` Gustavo Barros
2023-05-02 20:36             ` Gustavo Barros
2023-05-02 20:57               ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-05-02 21:25                 ` Gustavo Barros
2023-05-03 10:58               ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-05-03 11:03                 ` Gustavo Barros

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