attempts to launch a text editor in your program, it will always prefer $EDITOR, but knows a little more :)
npm install editorseditors
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attempts to launch a text editor in your program, lookup for $VISUAL || $EDITOR, but knows a little more :)
example
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`` js
var editor = require('editors');
editor('beep.json', function (code, sig) {
console.log('finished editing with code ' + code);
});
var opts = {
editor: 'vim',
editors: ['vim', 'vi', 'gedit']
};
editor('beep.json', function (code, sig) {
console.log('finished editing with code ' + code); // code => 0
});
`
methods
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` js`
var editor = require('editors')
editor(file, opts={}, cb)
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Launch the opts.editor || $VISUAL || $EDITOR for file.
Fallback to a list of well known editors for linux, windows platforms.
When the first editor exits without throwing a startup error, cb(code, sig) fires.
install
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With npm do:
`
npm install editors
todo
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- mac, freebsd and all others deserves compatibility. Feel free to issue about your system with some suggestions.
notes
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Forked from substack/editor to improve it.
license
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MIT