> 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] "What does it mean...that the world is so beautiful?" - Mary Oliver -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/A5DBF724-733B-4D0A-B0BC-0FDBBBF96D59%40bellsouth.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
