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27.0.50; `not-modified' should be disabled by default

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Göktuğ Kayaalp <self <at> gkayaalp.com>, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 29550 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29550: 27.0.50; `not-modified' should be disabled by default
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 02:06:55 +0200

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Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Previous times this came up:
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2005-04/msg00182.html
>> (a prolific and, err, idiosyncratic reporter)
>>
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2006-02/msg00414.html
>> (previous maintainer)
>>
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2006-02/msg00395.html
>> (previous+N maintainer)
>>
>> Obviously, this calls for a poll!
>>
>> (Please don't have a poll.)
>
> :-)
>
> I think it makes sense to have this command disabled by default.  It's a
> lot more dangerous than several of the other commands that are
> disabled...

I agree with Lars here, and Stefan Monnier in the above thread, that
it should be disabled.

I don't really understand the basic controversy here.  It should at
worst be a minor inconvenience for anyone who do wish to use it, while
it could save many other users some big headaches.

So I'll just jump in at the deep end and ask... Are there any
objections to the attached patch?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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