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bug#38265: 26.3; lock file is too easy to steal
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#38265: 26.3; lock file is too easy to steal |
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Wed, 11 Aug 2021 14:40:40 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Allen Li <darkfeline@felesatra.moe> writes:
> The default ask-user-about-lock is too easy to miss.
>
> For example, if one were typing "asparagus", they would likely steal the
> lock without even realizing that it happened (the "a" triggers the
> prompt on buffer modification and the "s" steals the lock).
>
> It would be nice to have the prompt be harder to hit accidentally, such
> as making all of the keys uppercase or having to type them out like
> yes/no (but the latter might be too heavyweight). Or the prompt should
> have a short timeout before allowing the user to respond (like how
> yes-or-no-p does when you provide an invalid response).
I think making the lock prompt more extensive would be pretty
annoying -- we only use yes-or-no-p (and related) when doing something
destructive or dangerous, and stealing the lock isn't that dangerous.
So I think the current level of prompting is fine, and if you want more
prompting, then it should be easy enough to redefine/advice
ask-user-about-lock to be harder to get past, and I'm closing this bug
report.
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