From: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Why may some Org regexps be risky when set as buffer-local variables?
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 09:04:56 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lhvtkvev.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87wqfdmdm4.fsf@gmail.com
Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi List,
>
> there are dozens of regexps that are set as buffer-local variables when
> org-mode is turned on as major-mode, but other regexps are defined and
> set only once as global variables when e.g. org.el is loaded, and the
> docstring of these variables often reads like this:
>
> ,---------------------------------------------------------------
> | org-block-regexp is a variable defined in `org.el'.
> | Its value is [...]
> |
> | This variable may be risky if used as a file-local variable.
> |
> | Documentation:
> | Regular expression for hiding blocks.
> `---------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Why are these variables considered risky when used as a file-local
> variables? Was this "risk" the prime reason to make them global - or are
> they global simply because there was no special reason to make them
> buffer-local?
All it means is that nobody has gone to the trouble of certifying them
as safe. By default, file local variable are considered risky. See
(info "(emacs) Safe File Variables")
for more.
--
Nick
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-03-29 13:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-03-29 11:46 Why may some Org regexps be risky when set as buffer-local variables? Thorsten Jolitz
2014-03-29 13:04 ` Nick Dokos [this message]
2014-03-29 13:54 ` Thorsten Jolitz
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