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Subject: Re: [9front] ipso(1) $editor
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On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 10:19 AM Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net> wrote:
>
>
> i was suggesting the plumber use $editor rather than having its own priva=
te view of the users editor of choice.
>
> however i think sl is saying $editor does not exist on plan9, but only on=
 *nux.
>
> the problem with using the plumber is that ipso starts ramfs to keep the =
editors temporary buffers safe and private. it also keeps the extracted fac=
totum secrets file there. if you use the plumber then the secrets are/may b=
e  more exposed; particularly if you run it on a cpu server - though that h=
as its own problems.
>
> -Steve

The plumber also would access $editor from its own environment rather
than from the program that had called it.

The use case in question probably looks like 'editor=3Dfoo ipso' -- ipso
would have to forward that env var to the plumber, which brings us
back to modifying ipso anyways.

- sam-d