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From: tanner@ki4pv.uucp (Dr. T. Andrews)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.bugs.sys5
Subject: Re: vi `ei:' (`modeline')
Summary: babies & bathwater
Keywords: Know what your doing
Message-ID: <7057@ki4pv.uucp>
Date: 22 Oct 88 14:15:35 GMT
References: <3394@dunkshot.mips.COM> <1235@cbnews.ATT.COM> <13215@hqda-ai.ARPA> <1857@loral.UUCP>
Organization: CompuData Inc., DeLand
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In article <1857@loral.UUCP>, jlh@loral.UUCP (Physically Pffft) writes:
) I want [modelines] on 95% of the time.  Yes, I know its a security
) hole.  But it's such a damned useful little hole.....

The clever thing to do, then, would be to close the security hole.
Refuse to pass "!" commands from modelines.  Leave the useful
functionality (file configures editor properly) in place.
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