cc'ing the devel list.

Hi Matt,
I'll have to reply to this email properly tomorrow.

In the meantime, there are 3 spawning variants: I'm confident that the custom process spawning code is definitely seriously buggy. I really do need the system() code. I tried, but couldn't fix it. I know that last time I tried it, the g_spawn didn't capture enough output. At least one user - the one that contributed it - also had problems with g_spawn capturing, and wrote the custom process spawning.

I suggest picking whichever one you and others think is best as the default, but have a hidden pref to enable at least the system() version. If you don't want to do that, I'll try to find some time, but I'm not sure when yet.

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