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Re: [TeXmacs] including the output of external commands in texmacs


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  • From: Joris van der Hoeven <address@hidden>
  • To: address@hidden
  • Subject: Re: [TeXmacs] including the output of external commands in texmacs
  • Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:04:56 +0100

On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 08:42:52PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote:
> Is there any easy way to include the output of external commands from shell
> into texmacs? For example, in vim, if one wants to include the output of
> date into a document, all that is needed is
>
> :r !date
>
> and the vim window will execute the date command on a shell and include its
> output into the current document.

Such a command should not be added by default,
because it would imply a serious security hole.
On the other hand, I agree that we might provide at least
a switch for it (i.e. promote 'shell' as a scripting language).

Best wishes, Joris



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