[TxMt] creating new project files in restricted directories

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Thanks! Interesting to get a look at the inner workings....


On Aug 29, 2007, at 2:03 AM, Allan Odgaard wrote:

> 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.
>
>
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