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How can I share the power I have over my digital work? I test this by considering what controls I must apply to make the Shell plugin safe for distribution.
I write in the language of the unix shell. I can write off-hand and clarify myself with recall editing. But to share I must write script files and share them through source control. Shell script as markup could be a long missing middle ground.
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Shell markup looks like Code with a run button. When pressed the server-side of the plugin runs the code in a subprocess and returns the result. github
Shell markkup is like a shell script without a name but with a context. One reviews the steps within a document, revises as appropriate, runs, and then retains the revisions as permanent history.
The immediate problem is that I don't dare install the plugin here. Wiki's notion of sharing is at odds with the boundaries we put around machine access.
It might be possible to sufficiently sandbox a wiki server within chroot or its modern forms but then I have removed the possibility of positive side-effect that I enjoy when wielding unix.
See About Shell Plugin
Contrast the distinctly different approaches used to explain setting up wiki on Digital Ocean. One expects you to want to understand the setup, the other not.
Deploying a Wiki suggests fetching and running a script.
Federated Wiki on Digital Ocean lists commands as text.
Federated Wiki on Digital Ocean
Could we have a third approach explaining wiki administration step by step without so much copy and paste? To do so we must understand how privilege escalates with paste and not yet with a button press.
