NAME

       vileget - Pass file edit requests to a Vile editor running Vileserv.

SYNOPSIS

       vileget [-n] [-d] [-w] [-s socket-path] [-c command] [-C command] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION

       Vileget can be used to load files into an already running instance of Vile or XVile.  The editor should
       have already loaded and started the Vileserv perl module.  (See the Vileserv documentation for more
       detail.)

       By default, if vileget cannot connect to a running instance of the editor it tries to start a new one.
       This will only work correctly if you have configured Vile to start Vileserv automatically.  (Vileget will
       try to find an XVile binary first, then look for a Vile binary.)

       Vileget looks for the Vileserv socket in the user's home directory ($HOME/.vilesock) by default.  This
       can be changed by setting the VILESOCK environment variable, or by using the -s option.

       If vileget is handed a directory name, it tries to get the target Vile to load the directory.pm module
       and popup the appropriate directory listing.  This only works for the first directory mentioned on the
       command line, and it only works if the target Vile is configured to accept remote commands (see the -c/-C
       options).

COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS

       -d   With  this  option,  vileget will change the current working directory of the running Vile to be the
            directory in which vileget is being run, in addition to loading any requested files.

       -n   This tells vileget NOT to try starting a new instance of  Vile  if  necessary.   If  vileget  cannot
            connect to a running Vile, it will just die with a connection error instead.

       -w   Vileget waits for given file(s) to be written by Vile before exiting.

       -s socket-path
            Tells  vileget  to  use  the  socket  given  by  socket-path.   This  overrides  the default and the
            environment variable VILESOCK.

       -c command
       -C command
            The -c and -C options can be used to pass arbitrary Vile commands to a  running  instance  of  Vile.
            These  can be used at the same time that file edits are being requested, or without giving any files
            at all.  When file arguments are used, the -c option can be used to execute a  Vile  command  before
            the requested files are loaded.  The -C option is used to execute a Vile command after the requested
            files  are  loaded.   If  no file arguments are given, then -c and -C are basically the same, except
            that -c has precedence.  These options are non-repeatable, so you can only execute two Vile commands
            per invocation of vileget.  Of course, there are always procedures...

            You can have a lot of mindless fun with these two options.  For example, you can popup and close the
            buffer list by repeatedly executing:

               vileget -c '*'

            As a nod towards security, command execution is disabled by default in Vileserv.  To enable it,  you
            can use

               setv %vileserv-accept-commands true

            in your .vilerc file.  Note that running something like

               vileget -c 'setv %vileserv-accept-commands false'

            can  be  used  to  disable  remote commands dynamically.  Naturally, this is considered to be both a
            security violation *and* a feature...

            Passing arbitrary commands to Vile may well  produce  arbitrary  results.   The  author  assumes  no
            liability  for  edit  sessions  that have collapsed into singularities, or, as a matter of fact, for
            anything else.

SEE ALSO

       vileserv(3), vile(1)

AUTHOR

       J. Chris Coppick, 1998 (last updated: July 26, 2000)

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