On Sun, 17 Apr 2016 01:34:40 +0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > in vi command mode, libedit provides the editor command > vi-histedit (bound to the 'v' key by default) to fork and > exec vi(1) on the line being edited. That is pretty much > pointless in the first place because the line can just as > well be edited with libedit itself, without any fork and exec. > Built-in libedit editing capabilities is already much more > bloated than we could reasonably wish for. > > In a pledge(2)d world, such excessive functionality is harmful. > Nobody pledging a program will expect that it might need "proc exec" > just because it uses libedit, and then kittens^Wusers get killed > when hitting the "v" key at the wrong time. Yikes. > > OK to delete the misfeature?
No objection from me. - todd
