Re: Looking for help getting iVim set up

> On May 30, 2019, at 1:28 PM, 'Lifepillar' via vim_use <vim_use@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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>> I've noticed this. I don't know what it means, but why is it necessary to cripple netrw this way? Is it related to Apple's sandboxing of apps?
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> Yes, iOS apps cannot launch other processes in the system. AFAIK, netrw uses `mv` and `cp` programs to move/copy files, and iVim is not allowed to use them. Renaming files does not fork a different process, but uses an internal function, so it keeps working in iVim.

I have no doubt there's a reason, but curious why the restrictions within sandboxed apps. My naive assumption would be that when apps that are prevented from communicating with other apps operations that are not permitted on the system level would be permitted.

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