[387] in bugtraq
Re: Virus's -- This is an Emacs bomb
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Lau)
Tue Dec 6 16:06:30 1994
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 09:44:54 -0800
From: Robert Lau <rslau@tarazed.usc.edu>
To: bugtraq@fc.net
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.941206034736.14748C-100000@phase.helix.net> "chowes@helix.net"
Reply-To: rslau@usc.edu
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 03:50:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Charles Howes <chowes@helix.net>
So there you are, reading along in some file that you found.
Just browsing away, when what happens, but some magic bit of
Local variables:
find-file-hooks: ((lambda ()
...
probably common knowledge but... it won't work if you have:
(setq inhibit-local-variables t)
in your .emacs.
Robert Lau Systems Programmer, Unix Systems
University Computing Services
213-740-2866 University of Southern California
rslau@usc.edu 1020 W Jefferson, LA, CA USA, 90089-0251