OT: html code to open a document in kwrite?

[Michael Butash]

Keep in mind, what you're asking to do (I think) is essentially allowing
html and hosted files to transcend the browser to open files in the os and
launch a file with a given application, with whatever consequences there
are in doing so.

Think about the security implications of this.  Microsoft thought this
would be the shiznit with ActiveX 20+ years ago, and then everyone
exploited it to death to introduce drive-by infections for the next couple
decades.  Embed some obfuscated powershell (or whatever is currently in
vogue) in an office file, download, launch, and voila!  Exploit.  This is
still how most phishers and malwares get in via email or http links, thanks
microsoft.  Same with CD/Flash-based autorun - another very bad idea that
presumes far too much trust in what it's executing.

This presumes the end-application is exploitable (which you just presume as
course with microsoft), but these sorts of methods are almost always
exploited despite the os, even linux likely.  Why Java and Flash made such
a great malware runtime engine for 25 years, not to mention windoze itself
with IE/ActiveX.

Better off looking at using some sort of server-side html5 text editing
application, ala google sheet or like, and keep it server-side vs. trying
to bring it into local executable space on your os.  Or as mentioned, just
URI launch a local text-editor, and know you'll have to re-upload an
updated version one way or another.

Maybe misinterpretation of what you're trying to achieve, but sounds
dubiously bad (which I think we're all saying).  As ET mentioned, maybe
just being poorly described what you are trying to accomplish.

-mb




On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 11:38 AM <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote:

> As Stephen said: no.
> With the short answer out of the way, and excluding the complicated
> overhead
> to setup such an environment just for that, your question begs another
> question:
> What are you trying to accomplishing?
> I looks to me more like you are asking the wrong (and probably confused)
> question than having an esotheric problem.   :)
> ET
>
>
> Stephen Partington writes:
>
> > HTML? no. Javascript? possible. Most of the web is really designed to not
> > allow this. There are some powerful JS writers, LibreOffice in the web
> and
> > more.
> >
> > On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 10:16 AM Joe Lowder <joe at actionline.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Is it possible to write (the simplest possible)
> >> html code that will open a text file from a simple
> >> menu entry using the 'kwrite' editor ... that will
> >> allow me to write and edit in a pre-named text file
> >> and save the changes?
> >>
> >> I do this now from the command line:
> >>
> >> $ kwrite filename <E>
> >>
> >> But I would like to be able to do it by simply
> >> clicking on an entry in a simple html menu.
> >>
> >> These attempts do not work:
> >> <li><a href=file:/home/joe/notes>open notes text file</a>
> >> <li><a href="exec kwrite notes">open notes with kwrite</a>
> >> <li><a href="exec /usr/bin/kwrite notes">open notes with exec</a>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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