Re: Virus's -- This is an Emacs bomb (fwd)
Noah Friedman (friedman@cli.com)
Wed, 7 Dec 94 17:41:34 CST
> > (setq inhibit-local-variables t)
>
>1) Where is this documented? I have found nothing in the emacs 18
>info files.
Its description may not have appeared in the last printed manual for emacs
18; I can't remember. But it's in the index of the info file for
emacs 18.59.
>2) Where is it useful?
It's useful for setting editing attributes of buffers visiting files such
as the major and minor modes, fill or goal columns, a compilation command
for the file, and so on.
I also use them for useful side effects, such as resetting my mail abbrev
tables when I make changes to my aliases file, automatically incrementing
serial numbers in DNS record files before saving, and so on.