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diff --git a/doc/ref/scheme-scripts.texi b/doc/ref/scheme-scripts.texi index 5a151a4fd..225b34b88 100644 --- a/doc/ref/scheme-scripts.texi +++ b/doc/ref/scheme-scripts.texi @@ -199,13 +199,13 @@ If @var{p} is not given, the default is local port 37146. If you look at it upside down, it almost spells ``Guile''. If you have netcat installed, you should be able to @kbd{nc localhost 37146} and get a Guile prompt. Alternately you can fire up Emacs and connect to the -procedure; see @ref{Using Guile in Emacs} for more details. +process; see @ref{Using Guile in Emacs} for more details. Note that opening a port allows anyone who can connect to that port---in the TCP case, any local user---to do anything Guile can do, as the user that the Guile process is running as. Don't use @option{--listen} on -multi-user machines. Of course, if there is no @option{--listen} -argument, no port will be opened. +multi-user machines. Of course, if you don't pass @option{--listen} to +Guile, no port will be opened. That said, @code{--listen} is great for interactive debugging and development. |