-*options.txt* For Vim version 7.0. Last change: 2006 May 04
+*options.txt* For Vim version 7.0. Last change: 2007 May 01
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
':' is removed. Thus to include "\:" you have to specify "\\:".
No other commands than "set" are supported, for security reasons (somebody
-might create a Trojan horse text file with modelines).
+might create a Trojan horse text file with modelines). And not all options
+can be set. For some options a flag is set, so that when it's used the
+|sandbox| is effective. Still, there is always a small risc that a modeline
+causes trouble. E.g., when some joker sets 'textwidth' to 5 all your lines
+are wrapped unexpectedly. So disable modelines before editing untrusted text.
+The mail ftplugin does this, for example.
Hint: If you would like to do something else than setting an option, you could
define an autocommand that checks the file for a specific string. For
languages, no matter what you set 'mkspellmem' to.
*'modeline'* *'ml'* *'nomodeline'* *'noml'*
-'modeline' 'ml' boolean (Vim default: on, Vi default: off)
+'modeline' 'ml' boolean (Vim default: on (off for root),
+ Vi default: off)
local to buffer
*'modelines'* *'mls'*
'modelines' 'mls' number (default 5)
/* the cast to long is required for Manx C, long_i is needed for
* MSVC */
*(int *)varp = (int)(long)(long_i)options[opt_idx].def_val[dvi];
+#ifdef UNIX
+ /* 'modeline' defaults to off for root */
+ if (options[opt_idx].indir == PV_ML && getuid() == ROOT_UID)
+ *(int *)varp = FALSE;
+#endif
/* May also set global value for local option. */
if (both)
*(int *)get_varp_scope(&(options[opt_idx]), OPT_GLOBAL) =