From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Perhaps rearrange *Help* buffer a bit? Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 20:26:01 -0700 Message-ID: <87o923zy5y.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <871rz0i5ik.fsf@tcd.ie> <87pnmk13e3.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <8736jgdnua.fsf@tcd.ie> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="38469"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 09 05:26:14 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hkglh-0009tN-Rq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Jul 2019 05:26:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46360 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hkglg-0007a6-6i for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Jul 2019 23:26:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54466) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hkglb-0007a0-72 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jul 2019 23:26:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hkgla-0001j4-5c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jul 2019 23:26:07 -0400 Original-Received: from ericabrahamsen.net ([52.70.2.18]:57094 helo=mail.ericabrahamsen.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hkgla-0001fJ-1d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jul 2019 23:26:06 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (c-73-254-86-141.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [73.254.86.141]) (Authenticated sender: eric@ericabrahamsen.net) by mail.ericabrahamsen.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D77DAFA02D; Tue, 9 Jul 2019 03:26:02 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <8736jgdnua.fsf@tcd.ie> (Basil L. Contovounesios's message of "Tue, 09 Jul 2019 01:59:57 +0100") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 52.70.2.18 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:238429 Archived-At: On 07/09/19 01:59 AM, Basil L. Contovounesios wrote: > Eric Abrahamsen writes: > >> Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: >> >>> gnus-summary-article-delete-hook is a variable defined in =E2=80=98gnus= -sum.el=E2=80=99. >>> Its value is nil >>> Local in buffer *Summary nnimap+quimby.gnus.org:emacs-devel*; global va= lue is the same. >>> >>> This variable may be risky if used as a file-local variable. >> >> I'll lean out of my passing car and shoot a paintball at the shed: >> >> I've never understood what "risky" meant. Why would I make it file-local >> to begin with? What would happen if I did? Who would be at risk? > > Do (info "(emacs) Safe File Variables") > and (info "(elisp) File Local Variables") > answer your questions? If not, why not? Okay, I shouldn't have said "I've never understood...", I should have said, "I keep forgetting...". It's not that I can't find the information, it's that it is very rarely relevant to anything I'm doing with the variable in question. IMO it could be moved down into the "less important" information section.