"Daniel Lynes": > GNU Emacs for OS/2 still has this feature. Very, very dangerous.
Vi and clones aren't completely safe, either. In some circumstances, at least, they load a .exrc (and/or .vimrc or whatever) from the current directory (not the home directory). The intention is that you can customize the editor differently for different projects. However, imagine downloading an interesting source package from the net, unpacking it, and editing a file with vi -- oops, you don't have your ~/.profile any more. At least it is configurable for vi. The point is that you should know your tools (rtfm, very thoroughly), and make sure they don't have these gotchas enabled. I pointed out comp.risks before, I think, but it's good enough that it can be repeated: read comp.risks. If you enjoy horror movies, you should really like comp.risks. Or if your mine is as twisted as mine, you could view it as a funnier replacement of rec.humor.funny. -- Please read <http://www.iki.fi/liw/mail-to-lasu.html> before mailing me. Please don't Cc: me when replying to my message on a mailing list.
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