On Sun, 2005-02-13 at 11:36 +0000, Angus Leeming wrote: > 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 > $$p is stored in the LyX file, so we *have* to ensure it is safe if we are > to avoid .lyx-file-as-virus problems.
I understand this concern, but my original question was not could there be a mechanisms for passing _any_ value as a parameter to a converter but could there be a mechanism for the name of the directory containing the current LyX file to be passes as a parameter similarly the way $$i passes the name of the file. The way my converter works at present is that it picks up this directory from an environmental variable and then adds this directory to the lilypond-book search path. But for reasons I have given earlier it would be easier to pick this up from a parameter. Bernard -- Bernard Hurley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
