From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Richard M. Stallman" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Risky local variable mechanism Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 12:47:25 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87mzhbly89.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <87r76fkth6.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <200602080149.k181nhQ21836@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87mzh2ft7f.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <87r76eihbg.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <200602080548.k185m9424791@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1139517423 10075 80.91.229.2 (9 Feb 2006 20:37:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 20:37:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, storm@cua.dk Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 09 21:37:01 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F7IW6-0006mV-8j for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2006 21:35:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F7IW5-0002CC-M6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:35:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F7FtE-0001N3-Fe for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2006 12:47:33 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F7FtA-0001JH-R4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2006 12:47:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F7FtA-0001IX-1t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2006 12:47:28 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1F7Fwk-0002Co-Jq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2006 12:51:10 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1F7Ft7-00009o-Q4; Thu, 09 Feb 2006 12:47:25 -0500 Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-reply-to: <200602080548.k185m9424791@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Tue, 7 Feb 2006 23:48:09 -0600 (CST)) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:50253 Archived-At: I've made a decision that we need to change this. The current code is not reliable enough and I will not stay with it. So please stop arguing against it. Please either take a constructive approach to this or leave the discussion to others. Here's what I want it to do. The code should show the user the variable and value, and ask if it is ok. If the user says it is ok, the code should write something into .emacs saying that this combination is ok. There are many ways to store this data. I'd like the people willing to work constructively on the issue to pick the best way. It happens occasionally that a safe variable becomes risky, but it's extremely unlikely that a previously safe value will become dangerous for the sake variable.