2017-01-19 22:12 GMT+03:00 Christian J. Robinson <[email protected]>: > On Thu, 19 Jan 2017, Michal Grochmal wrote: > >> I went through the list of emails about this topic and am a little >> confused why it is being such a fuss. Apologies in advance if i'm talking >> out of my ass but, at least according to my understanding, there is no way >> for Vim to be immune to content pasted into it. > > > I agree. The real security problem is that the browser allows hidden data > into the system clipboard without the user being aware of it. In fact, as > far as I know, browsers allow the clipboard to be silently modified by > client-side scripting. > > I also read through this thread and as far as I know the question about > whether this affects both console Vim and gVim was never answered. If it > affects gVim, I agree there's potentially an issue that can be fixed, but if > it's only console Vim, this is likely not resolvable.
It can be resolved with bracketed paste, if both terminal and Vim support bracketed paste. I do not remember the current state of bracketed paste support in Vim, but AFAIR there were some patches somewhere. > > - Christian > > -- > Christian J. Robinson <[email protected]> > Oxymoron #7: Twelve-ounce pound cake > > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "vim_dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
