Convenience functions for editing things.

• Cameron Simpson cs@cskk.id.au 02jun2016

Latest release 20220429: New edit_obj to edit an object, usually in JSON format.

Function choose_editor(editor=None, environ=None)

Choose an editor, honouring the $EDITOR environment variable.

Parameters:

• editor: optional editor, default from environ['EDITOR'] or from EDITOR ('vi').
• environ: optional environment mapping, default os.environ

Function edit(lines, editor=None, environ=None)

Write lines to a temporary file, edit the file, return the new lines.

The editor is chosen by choose_editor(editor=editor,environ=environ).

Function edit_obj(o, editor=None, environ=None, to_text=None, from_text=None)

Edit the cotents of an object o. Return a new object containing the editing contents. The default transcription is as JSON.

The editor is chosen by choose_editor(editor=editor,environ=environ).

Parameters:

• o: the object whose
• to_text: the transcription function of the object to text; default json.dumps
• from_text: the transcription function of the object to text; default json.loads

Function edit_strings(strs, editor=None, environ=None)

Edit an iterable list of str, return tuples of changed string pairs.

The editor is chosen by choose_editor(editor=editor,environ=environ).

Release Log

Release 20220429: New edit_obj to edit an object, usually in JSON format.

Release 20191201.1: Initial PyPI release: assorted functions for invoking editors on strings.