Re: vim server ? security hole?

2006-07-28 Thread Yakov Lerner
On 7/28/06, Nikolai Weibull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 7/27/06, Bram Moolenaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vim uses the X server for communication. Only users with write access > to the X server can send a message to Vim. And if you have write > access, you are also able to send keystrokes

Re: Bug: Can't select bottom window by mouse-clicking

2006-07-28 Thread Georg Dahn
Maybe this information helps: I cannot reproduce this with gVim 7.0.42 on Windows XP neither with sourcing my vimrx file nor with "gvim -u NONE". I am using the free MSVC Compiler of Microsoft and compile with Python and Perl options (dynamically linked). Best wishes, Georg --- "A.J.Mechelynck" <

Re: vim server ? security hole?

2006-07-28 Thread Nikolai Weibull
On 7/28/06, Marc Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In case it's a still a vim issue or we don't wont it it would be easy to add a "accept_remote_orders_from_different_user and let vim send not only the command but also the username so the server might check.. I'll try to investigate some more tim

Bug: Can't select bottom window by mouse-clicking

2006-07-28 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
Can't select bottom window by mouse-clicking Happens every time. How to reproduce: 1. :set ch=2 wmh=0 wh= " don't know if relevant 2. Open at least two horizontally split windows 3. Make some window current, other than the bottom one 4. Click the bottom status line. Actual result: Nothing ha

Re: vim server ? security hole?

2006-07-28 Thread Marc Weber
> >That is, I think it works this way. Perhaps someone with more detailed > >knowledge of X server access restrictions can give a better answer. > > Actually, you have to explicitly allow the sending of synthetic > keystrokes to an xterm (the allowSendEvents resource). I don't know, > but perhap