vis_pipe*: take a Text object, vis-lua: add pipe_buffer #1177
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This adds a pipe_buffer helper to the lua api to allow piping arbritary buffers to an external command, as the current way of constructing a
printf
command is quite hacky and is prone to shell injectionAs a workaround, I'd written a wrapper like this but it messes up the scroll position, so made this PR instead: