Georg Baum wrote: (Talking about the $$p parameter that could be passed to a converter)
>> I checked the code in 140cvs and it looks as if this parameter does >> not get used (any more?). > > Indeed. I don't know why. Because it is a huge security hole if we don't protect individual arguments with quotes. Consider $$p as `rm -rf $HOME/*`. Remember that the value for $$p is stored in the LyX file, so we *have* to ensure it is safe if we are to avoid .lyx-file-as-virus problems. > Maybe. Maybe it is also a good idea to use $$p for converters, but we > need to know why the converter needs that flag in order to decide that. -- Angus
