* Re: please don't put passwords in my .emacs file, nor .gnus.el
[not found] ` <iluadvtvpmy.fsf@extundo.com>
@ 2002-01-07 23:37 ` William F. Hammond
2002-01-07 23:49 ` Simon Josefsson
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From: William F. Hammond @ 2002-01-07 23:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: ding
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
that has been posted to gnu.emacs.gnus as well.
Was this a spoof?
Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:
> Perhaps the variable name is missleading, there are no risks involved
> in revealing the "password".
>
> > And don't put in .gnus.el either. Put it in that .newsrc.eld mess or
> > something.
>
> Actually it is put in .emacs. Doesn't several parts of Emacs already
> write to it automatically? C-x n n etc.
narrow-to-region ?? What if two emacsen are running?
I hope not.
> Is there a policy about
> these things? Maybe it should ask the user if she wants to save it or
> not?
Please don't save it to .emacs nor to .gnus. Maybe .gnus.eld?
The user owns .emacs and .gnus . The user might want to know the date
of her last change to it. The user might be testing something and
want to be able to diff against .emacs~.
-- Bill
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* Re: please don't put passwords in my .emacs file, nor .gnus.el
2002-01-07 23:37 ` please don't put passwords in my .emacs file, nor .gnus.el William F. Hammond
@ 2002-01-07 23:49 ` Simon Josefsson
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From: Simon Josefsson @ 2002-01-07 23:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: ding
hammond@csc.albany.edu (William F. Hammond) writes:
> Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:
>
>> > And don't put in .gnus.el either. Put it in that .newsrc.eld mess or
>> > something.
>>
>> Actually it is put in .emacs. Doesn't several parts of Emacs already
>> write to it automatically? C-x n n etc.
>
> narrow-to-region ?? What if two emacsen are running?
> I hope not.
emacs -q and C-x n n and Y seem to write to my .emacs. I'm sure there
are other examples. Maybe it is OK since it the user is queried?
Altough the text doesn't say anything is written to .emacs.
>> Is there a policy about
>> these things? Maybe it should ask the user if she wants to save it or
>> not?
>
> Please don't save it to .emacs nor to .gnus. Maybe .gnus.eld?
>
> The user owns .emacs and .gnus . The user might want to know the date
> of her last change to it. The user might be testing something and
> want to be able to diff against .emacs~.
Right, I'm just tossing around ideas.
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