On Tue, Mar 30, 1999 at 06:18:24AM -0800,
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Paul Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hmmm, Windows has the ability to write a script that ANYONE can run that
> > will delete the disk. Hmmm. Why should a Word Processor EVER have the
> > ability to make system calls?
>
> I assume you've deleted vi and emacs from your system? After all, they
> allow system calls. Hell, so does ed. pico allows shell escapes. What
> *do* you use for an editor?
This isn't the same thing. They don't run commands imbedded in the the
documents. The shell escapes have to be run by the person using the
editor.
>
> xdvi supports it because it allows you to do some cool things with
> specials. xdvi is hardly a Windows program. If I'm not mistaken,
> PostScript interpretors can support the same thing in specials. From the
These kind of programs can have problems. And people need to be careful
viewing stuff with them. Also people need to be careful when writing
mailcap entries since those can have unexpected things happen when
special characters appear in file names or other strings passed to
the programs they run.
