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[Alfe <address@hidden>]

Hi, Kamaraju ...

>>> Is there any easy way to include the output of external commands from 
>>> shell into texmacs?
>> Such a command should not be added by default, because it would imply a 
>> serious security hole.
> FWIW, vim (the other popular editor :-)) has been having this feature for 
> ages. Never heard that such a functionality would be a security hole.

Whether it is a security hole depends on the way it is implemented.

If you can write TeXmacs documents which automatically execute shell commands 
upon being updated, loaded, printed, exported or the like, this would be a 
security hole.

If you merely let the editing users execute commands they have to type by 
themselves and then insert the output of those commands, then I don't see a 
security hole either.

The first implementation would be very handy in some cases, though.  (Simple 
example: insert the always current date in Unix-fashion.)

Alfe

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