Mercurial > emacs
changeset 78736:6d84345ebed1
(Safe File Variables): Clarify `!' and risky variables.
| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> |
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| date | Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:19:38 +0000 |
| parents | c4fe185f8fb0 |
| children | 5ec8fe8efb1e |
| files | man/custom.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/custom.texi Wed Sep 05 03:19:28 2007 +0000 +++ b/man/custom.texi Wed Sep 05 03:19:38 2007 +0000 @@ -1226,10 +1226,14 @@ @cindex risky variable Some variables, such as @code{load-path}, are considered particularly @dfn{risky}: there is seldom any reason to specify them -as local variables, and changing them can be dangerous. Even if you -enter @kbd{!} at the confirmation prompt, Emacs will not record any -values as safe for these variables. If you really want to record safe -values for these variables, do it directly by customizing +as local variables, and changing them can be dangerous. If a file +contains only risky local variables, Emacs neither offers nor accepts +@kbd{!} as input at the confirmation prompt. If some of the local +variables in a file are risky, and some are only potentially unsafe, +@kbd{!} is an option at the prompt. If you enter @kbd{!} in this case, +all the local variables are applied, but only the non-risky ones are +marked as safe for the future. If you really want to +record safe values for risky variables, do it directly by customizing @samp{safe-local-variable-values} (@pxref{Easy Customization}). @vindex enable-local-variables