[HN Gopher] Show HN: Actually Portable Vim (With a Cute Vimrc) ___________________________________________________________________ Show HN: Actually Portable Vim (With a Cute Vimrc) Author : csdvrx Score : 31 points Date : 2023-12-25 22:44 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (github.com) (TXT) w3m dump (github.com) | 38 wrote: | It's not clear what this is. Is it Vim as a single executable? Is | so, what is this doing? | | ./vim.com -u /zip/usr/share/vim/vimrc | hoosieree wrote: | Looks like Vim compiled with Actually Portable Executable [1] | headers to make a cross-platform (and perhaps also bare metal) | vim binary. | | But I apparently am distracted by shiny things and couldn't | focus on any of the other stuff after seeing rainbow | indentation for the first time. | | [1]: https://justine.lol/ape.html | tomcam wrote: | > Rock musicians have a love-hate relationship with dynamic | range compression, since it removes a dimension of complexity | from their music, but is necessary in order to sound | professional. Bloat might work by the same principles, | | Speaking of which I am a bloated rock musician. I don't feel | seen. | brirec wrote: | The actual binary (vim.com in this case) is also a valid zip | file, which it can read and write as a private virtual mount | point. /zip refers to files inside the binary, inside the zip | file. | | Redbean web server (by the author of Cosmopolitan, Justine.lol) | also uses this method to store its web root. | yjftsjthsd-h wrote: | > Is it Vim as a single executable? | | Basically; it's using the "Actually Portable Executable" system | to make a single binary that includes everything it needs | including enough portability stuff to run on different systems | directly. | | > Is so, what is this doing? | | When I say "everything it needs", that includes files; APE | binaries, AIUI, include some code to transparently read files | embedded in themselves, so that line says "run this vim binary, | but when it starts instead of reading the user's normal .vimrc | (if any), read the vimrc that we embedded in this binary under | the virtual /zip path" | yellow_lead wrote: | > saving backups of files in ~/.vim/backup every time you save, | and keeping an undo-per file | | Is this a security risk? Not complaining, as it can be changed in | the vimrc, just want to pose the question. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-12-26 23:00 UTC)