From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Torsten Wagner Subject: Re: Where does org-mode elisp hacking go? Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:50:55 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87ppz1da97.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b6704cda8094404d7f6eda0 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45814) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UGV2C-000541-DU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:51:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UGV29-0001B6-Qv for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:51:00 -0400 Received: from mail-ea0-x22a.google.com ([2a00:1450:4013:c01::22a]:46492) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UGV29-0001Ag-Hm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:50:57 -0400 Received: by mail-ea0-f170.google.com with SMTP id a15so1587264eae.29 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2013 06:50:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87ppz1da97.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Eric Schulte Cc: Org Mode Mailing List , Charles Berry --047d7b6704cda8094404d7f6eda0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Eric, sorry for the last two spams. Believe it or not, I fell asleep last night, during typing an answer and somehow managed to send twice a message ;) People should not take there smartphones to bed. Sounds dangerous to me. I often place init.el files into > sub-directories which require project specific customization. You may > also want to look at (info "(elisp)Directory Local Variables") for > adding setting based on the working directory. > > Why does this sound dangerous. Encrypted babel blocks could not be modified and even not been read without user authentication. Furthermore, even if I use a org-file from someone else, I would have to authorize the execution by decryption of the block. Thus, its unlikely someone executes something by accident. Beside of the autostart, encrypted source code blocks might make sens too, if sensitive data might be part of the block. E.g. username and login credentials to login into a certain service. I do not want to hijack this thread. It was just an idea which sounded to me rather easy to implement, since the core features are all there already. Feel free, to set it on the crazy ideas list, if you feel that it is not a good idea ;) All the best Torsten --047d7b6704cda8094404d7f6eda0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi Eric,

sorry for the last two spams. = Believe it or not, I fell asleep last night, during typing an answer and so= mehow managed to send twice a message ;) People should not take there smart= phones to bed.

Sounds dangerous to me. =A0I often place init.el files into
sub-directories which require project specific customization. =A0You may also want to look at (info "(elisp)Directory Local Variables") fo= r
adding setting based on the working directory.


Why does this sound dangero= us. Encrypted babel blocks could not be=A0modified and even not been read w= ithout user authentication. Furthermore, even if I use a org-file from some= one else, I would have to=A0authorize the execution by=A0decryption of=A0th= e block. Thus, its unlikely someone executes something by accident.=A0
Beside of the autostart, encrypted source code blocks might make= sens too, if=A0sensitive=A0data might be part of the block. E.g. username = and login credentials to login into a certain service.

I do not want to hijack this thread. It was just an idea which sounded= to me rather easy to implement, since the core features are all there alre= ady.
Feel free, to set it on the crazy ideas list, if you feel th= at it is not a good idea =A0;)

All the best

Torsten

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