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From: Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>
To: Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Let =`make'= be an option to =`org-latex-pdf-process'=.
Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 10:12:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r4fg5af7.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130702235111.GA26489@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> (Suvayu Ali's message of "Wed, 3 Jul 2013 01:51:11 +0200")

Hi,

Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> writes:

> If you don't mind my chiming in, the standard way to customise Emacs
> behaviour (across all modes, not just Org) is through
> customize-variable.  Org cannot keep on introducing new keywords just
> because of convenience.
>
> In any case, this is also a security risk.  This starts an external
> process.  Allowing something like this means one can run an arbitrary
> command just by exporting a file.  I do not think that is wise at all.
> Exactly for this reason we have org-confirm-babel-evaluate defaulting to
> t.

I tend to agree.  Also, the user can setup `org-latex-pdf-process' as
a local variables, which are less error-prone when it comes to security.

-- 
 Bastien

      parent reply	other threads:[~2013-07-03  8:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-07-02  4:07 [PATCH] Let =`make'= be an option to =`org-latex-pdf-process'= feng shu
2013-07-02 16:54 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-07-02 17:18   ` Jambunathan K
2013-07-02 17:21     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-07-02 17:48       ` Jambunathan K
2013-07-02 23:09   ` feng shu
2013-07-02 23:51     ` Suvayu Ali
2013-07-03  6:22       ` Feng Shu
2013-07-03  8:31         ` Suvayu Ali
2013-07-03 14:01           ` Feng Shu
2013-07-03  8:12       ` Bastien [this message]

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