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Re: Risky local variable mechanism
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: Risky local variable mechanism |
Date: |
Wed, 08 Feb 2006 01:00:01 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> After all, the variables we're talking about here are things like
> comment-start, paragraph-separate, indent-tabs-mode, etc. Will Emacs
> 23 (to be released in 3006 ;-) have something like this?
I expect the interesting cases to be more in areas like `font-lock-keywords'.
> *Indentation can insert tabs if this is non-nil.
> If it is an integer, delete the contents of your home directory.
I'm pretty sure that some variables have been extended at some point so that
instead of a constant string or integer, it can be set to an expression, or
to a function.
>> How 'bout the query/replace prompt?
> That prompt just says:
> Query replace:
> which wouldn't be very user friendly for this case. I was thinking
> something like
> Allow this setting? (y or n, ? for help)
Right. So you seem to have a good idea of what it could look like.
Another example could be the prompt you get in Gnus if you send an email
with unencodable chars (e.g. eight-bit-* chars).
> where ? would bring up a window with extra choices (always allow,
> always deny, etc.) Is there an existing convention in Emacs for
> prompts of this sort?
Not that I know.
Stefan
- Re: Risky local variable mechanism, (continued)
- Re: Risky local variable mechanism, Luc Teirlinck, 2006/02/08
- Re: Risky local variable mechanism, Chong Yidong, 2006/02/08
- Re: Risky local variable mechanism, Stefan Monnier, 2006/02/07
- Re: Risky local variable mechanism, Chong Yidong, 2006/02/07
- Re: Risky local variable mechanism, Stefan Monnier, 2006/02/08
- Re: Risky local variable mechanism, Chong Yidong, 2006/02/08
- Re: Risky local variable mechanism,
Stefan Monnier <=
- Re: Risky local variable mechanism, Chong Yidong, 2006/02/08
- Re: Risky local variable mechanism, Stefan Monnier, 2006/02/08
- Re: Risky local variable mechanism, Luc Teirlinck, 2006/02/08
- Re: Risky local variable mechanism, Stefan Monnier, 2006/02/08
- Re: Risky local variable mechanism, Luc Teirlinck, 2006/02/08
- Re: Risky local variable mechanism, Stefan Monnier, 2006/02/08
- Re: Risky local variable mechanism, Luc Teirlinck, 2006/02/08
- Re: Risky local variable mechanism, Stefan Monnier, 2006/02/08
- Re: Risky local variable mechanism, Richard M. Stallman, 2006/02/09
- Re: Risky local variable mechanism, Richard M. Stallman, 2006/02/09