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Following this answer, I put the following lines in a .dir-locals.el file:

((latex-mode
  (TeX-engine . default)
  (mode . latex )
  (TeX-master . "main")
  (ispell-buffer-session-localwords
   "TODO" "SDP" "MDPC" "GJE" "fpc" "QGJE" "GJI" "QGJI" "Bachmann" "Varshamov"))

However, each time I open a new file, I get a prompt asking to confirm if the values in the ispell-buffer-session-localwords are safe or not. Is there any way to specify that all the possible strings are safe values for this variable? Are there any cons in doing so?

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C-hig (elisp)File Local Variables says:

You can specify safe values for a variable with a ‘safe-local-variable’ property. The property has to be a function of one argument; any value is safe if the function returns non-‘nil’ given that value. Many commonly-encountered file variables have ‘safe-local-variable’ properties; these include ‘fill-column’, ‘fill-prefix’, and ‘indent-tabs-mode’. For boolean-valued variables that are safe, use ‘booleanp’ as the property value.

In your case you could do this:

(defun list-of-strings-p (list)
  "Non-nil if LIST is a list of strings."
  (not (catch 'non-string
         (dolist (x list nil)
           (unless (stringp x)
             (throw 'non-string t))))))

(put 'ispell-buffer-session-localwords 'safe-local-variable
     'list-of-strings-p)
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To mark as safe for the variables you know they are safe,

(add-hook 'latex-mode-hook (lambda () (setq enable-local-variables :safe)))

But in your case, it looks like you have to use :all instead of :safe.

Emacs manual: Safety of File Variables

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  • But this will mark ALL the variables as safe, isn't it?
    – tigerjack
    May 22 at 12:48
  • Yes, but it is limited to variables defined for latex-mode by the add-hook
    – roomworoof
    May 22 at 13:11
  • enable-local-variables is not automatically buffer-local. You are setting the global value for every buffer as soon as any latex file is visited.
    – phils
    May 22 at 13:14
  • @phils I actually tried it and it only worked in latex-mode and the prompt still appears at the other modes. Why does it seem to be working as expected?
    – roomworoof
    May 22 at 13:20
  • Ah, yes I was wrong about it setting the global value -- it looks like this variable is let-bound when the major mode hook runs, so your hook function only modifies that temporary value, and the original value is restored soon afterwards.
    – phils
    May 22 at 22:37

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