Tony Mechelynck wrote: >> What does everyone think about making guifont unsettable from >> the modeline? It is a global option, after all. I just don't >> think it makes that much sense to be set from the modeline. > > It is a global option, but if you know what you're doing it > may sometimes be useful to set it from a modeline. However, I > think I'm going to paraphrase what the Koran says about > drinking wine, viz. "there's good and bad in it, but more bad > than good". Yes, some extreme Islamists assert that that > saying is enough to make all alcohol-containing beverages > strictly forbidden to all believers. But shall all of us have > to abide by that interpretation? > > Making all "gui<something>" options unsettable from the > modeline would IMHO be rather rash. Under ":help > modeline-local" it is said: "Although it's possible to set > global options from a modeline, this is unusual."
If I may be rash, I suggest that the OP was concerned about OTHER PEOPLE setting gui options in a modeline. It would not be unusual for a malware author to do something unexpected. My preference would be for Vim to be distributed in a "locked down" state, where modelines had only very limited functionality (local tab settings etc), and a user would have to put something in their vimrc to enable more modeline features. John --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
