GNU bug report logs - #4006
23.1.50; safe-local-variable-values

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Freenet.DE>

Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 20:50:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Freenet.DE>
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.1.50; safe-local-variable-values
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 22:41:30 +0200
Hello!

My customisation contains since some days also an entry for an ispell  
dictionary (before it consisted of (AUC)TeX-command-default names):

	 '(safe-local-variable-values (quote ((ispell-dictionary .  
"english") (TeX-command-default . "XeLaTeX") (TeX-command-default .  
"XeTeX") (TeX-command-default . "XeLaTeXx") (TeX-command-default .  
"XeTeXx"))))

It was added by GNU Emacs by pressing ! to answer this question:

	The local variables list in Beispiel.tex
	contains values that may not be safe (*).
	
	Do you want to apply it?  You can type
	y  -- to apply the local variables list.
	n  -- to ignore the local variables list.
	!  -- to apply the local variables list, and permanently mark these
	      values (*) as safe (in the future, they will be set  
automatically.)
	
	  * ispell-dictionary : "english"
	    mode : latex
	    TeX-master : t
	    TeX-command-default : "XeLaTeXx"

In the file I have this header:

	%%!TEX TS-program=xelatex -*- mode: LaTeX; coding: utf-8; ispell- 
dictionary: "english"; -*-
	%%!TEX encoding=UTF-8 Unicode
	%
	%	Time-stamp: <2009-07-28 12:42:50>
	%

In a second file have this local variables block:

	\end{document}
	%
	%%% Local Variables:
	%%% mode: LaTeX
	%%% fill-column: 99999
	%%% coding: utf-8-unix
	%%% ispell-dictionary: "english"
	%%% End:
	%
	%%

Actually I have pressed now many times ! and (ispell-dictionary .  
"english") is only once recorded! (Which is good!) When I open any of  
the LaTeX files after I have pressed y or n and check with C-h v I get:

safe-local-variable-values is a variable defined in `files.el'.
	Its value is
	((TeX-command-default . "XeLaTeX")
	 (TeX-command-default . "XeTeX")
	 (TeX-command-default . "XeLaTeXx")
	 (TeX-command-default . "XeTeXx"))
	
	
	  This variable is ignored when used as a file local variable.
	  This variable is potentially risky when used as a file local  
variable.
	
	Documentation:
	List variable-value pairs that are considered safe.
	Each element is a cons cell (VAR . VAL), where VAR is a variable
	symbol and VAL is a value that is considered safe.
	
	You can customize this variable.
	
	[back]

After having pressed ! I get at least:

	safe-local-variable-values is a variable defined in `files.el'.
	Its value is
	((ispell-dictionary . "english")
	 (TeX-command-default . "XeLaTeX")
	 (TeX-command-default . "XeTeX")
	 (TeX-command-default . "XeLaTeXx")
	 (TeX-command-default . "XeTeXx"))

and it works when I open the next LaTeX file. When I quit GNU Emacs I  
see that is writing into my init file. But it never uses this  
particular setting (the TeX-command-default's work fine).

I used Emacs.app for my test because it's a few hours younger and  
because I'll need to test a patch for an improved handling of native  
(Mac OS X) CJK input methods (not yet applied). The X client version  
acts exactly the same.

In GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0, NS apple- 
appkit-824.48)
 of 2009-08-01 on Latsche.local
Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.824
configured using `configure  '--without-sound' '--without-pop' '-- 
with-dbus' '--with-libotf' '--with-ns' '--disable-ns-self-contained'  
'--enable-locallisppath=/Library/Application Support/Emacs/ 
calendar23:/Library/Application Support/Emacs' 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/sw/ 
lib/freetype219/lib/pkgconfig:/sw/lib/pango-ft219/lib/pkgconfig:/sw/ 
lib/fontconfig2/lib/pkgconfig:/sw/lib/qt4-x11/lib/pkgconfig:/sw/lib/ 
xft2/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig:/sw/lib/pkgconfig:/sw/ 
share/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/sw/lib/system-openssl/lib/ 
pkgconfig:/sw/lib/fontforge/pkgconfig:/sw/lib/gcc4.2/lib/pkgconfig:/ 
usr/local/clamXav/lib/pkgconfig' 'CPPFLAGS=-no-cpp-precomp' 'CFLAGS=- 
ggdb3 -gfull -mtraceback=full -Wno-pointer-sign -H -pipe -fPIC - 
mcpu=7450 -mtune=7450 -fast -mpim-altivec -ftree-vectorize -foptimize- 
register-move -freorder-blocks -fthread-jumps -fpeephole -fno- 
crossjumping' 'LDFLAGS=-dead_strip -multiply_defined suppress''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: de_DE.UTF-8
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: de_DE.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Dired by name

Minor modes in effect:
  auto-revert-mode: t
  TeX-PDF-mode: t
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  diff-auto-refine-mode: t
  tabbar-mwheel-mode: t
  tabbar-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  display-time-mode: t
  desktop-save-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t


--
Greetings

  Pete

When people run around and around in circles we say they are crazy.  
When planets do it we say they are orbiting.






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