[TxMt] creating new project files in restricted directories

[Allan Odgaard]

On Aug 28, 2007, at 5:18 AM, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:

> [...] When I go to 'create a file' in the project drawer and choose  
> a location within /opt/ to create it, clicking 'ok' fails silently  
> – no error message or request to authorize [...]

The problem is that file creation is handled 100% by a shell command,  
and TM itself has very little knowledge about what the script will  
actually do. This was done in the name of flexibility, e.g. the file  
creation could also create a header, use whatever preprocessor it  
wanted for the template, setup stuff, etc. -- but it has the downside  
that each template basically has to re-invent all what one could want  
to do when creating files (like asking for authorization when the  
folder is not writable by current user, etc.).

The current template system is planned to be replaced by a better  
abstraction, and I will keep the authorization aspect in mind.