From: Dossy Date: 2002-09-12T07:21:33+09:00 Subject: Re: Full Screen Editor On 2002.09.12, Matt Gushee wrote: > > I still don't think you need to limit yourself to an editor written in > Ruby. The issue is security. To shackle down something as powerful as emacs or vim to be restricted enough to offer it as an editor to BBS users is a lot more work than writing one from scratch. However, there may be an approach that Mark hasn't explored yet but is only available (AFAIK) if the BBS is running under some variant of Unix -- run the editor in a chroot jail. In all honesty, the potential security risk isn't worth it when an editor suitable for a BBS can be implemented -- absolutely serious -- inside 20 hours. Or at least, that's how long it took me the /first/ time back when I was just learning how to program. -- Dossy -- Dossy Shiobara mail: dossy@panoptic.com Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/ "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70)