> On May 31, 2019, at 9:32 AM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On May 30, 2019, at 1:28 PM, 'Lifepillar' via vim_use 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> I’ve noticed this. I don’t know what it means, but why is it necessary to 
>>> cripple netrw this way? Is it related to Apple’s sandboxing of apps?
>> 
>> Yes, iOS apps cannot launch other processes in the system. AFAIK, netrw uses 
>> `mv` and `cp` programs to move/copy files, and iVim is not allowed to use 
>> them. Renaming files does not fork a different process, but uses an internal 
>> function, so it keeps working in iVim.
> 
> I have no doubt there’s a reason, but curious why the restrictions within 
> sandboxed apps. My naive assumption would be that when apps that are 
> prevented from communicating with other apps operations that are not 
> permitted on the system level would be permitted.

Somewhere I got the impression that these restrictions don’t apply to Apple’s 
Files app. That seems not to be the case. I see no provision for creating, 
deleting, or moving files.

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Eric Weir
Decatur, GA  USA
[email protected]

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