openeditor 0.3

Edit files with your $EDITOR, like git commit does.

openeditor

Edit files with your $EDITOR, like git commit does.

Usage

Install with: pip install openeditor

# Let user edit file
s = openeditor.edit_file("path/to/my/file.txt")
print("The file now contains:\n" + s)

# Use a temp file
s = openeditor.edit_file(
    "# Please edit this file, save and close editor when done", 
    "path/to/my/file.txt"
)
print("The file now contains:\n" + s) 

The editor is obtained from, in order of precedence:

• $VISUAL
• $EDITOR

If none of these provide a useful editor, an exception will be thrown.