editors

attempts to launch a text editor in your program, lookup for $VISUAL || $EDITOR, but knows a little more :)

example

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

var editor = require('editors')

editor(file, opts={}, cb)

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

With npm do:

npm install editors

todo

• mac, freebsd and all others deserves compatibility. Feel free to issue about your system with some suggestions.

notes

Forked from substack/editor to improve it.

license

MIT