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letter bombs: enable-local-eval saves Emacs 19
From: gildea () x org (Stephen Gildea)
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 1994 19:10:12 EST
Several people have wondered on this list why enable-local-variables is set to T by default in GNU Emacs 19. It's not as bad as you think. There is another variable, enable-local-eval, that determines whether risky actions should be taken. This is NOT set to T by default. These settings provide a compromise, allowing the convenience of not being asked about harmless actions such as using "put" or setting "time-stamp-format" in local variables, while not allowing dangerous actions such as setting find-file-hooks (which this bomb tries to do). So, to summarize, with the default settings Emacs 19 is NOT caught by this sample bomb. < Stephen X Consortium
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