LinusU / LinusU/rust-default-editor

Ability to spawn editor with arguments

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Description

Thanks for this crate! Unfortunately I feel it is only getting me halfway where I want to be:

My `EDITOR` is set to `mvim -f`. The function returns me exactly that as well, but this is not something I can pass along to `std::process` before it is `sh-lexed`. But frankly, I'd rather not deal with this anyhow, I'd just love to call `default_editor::edit_file(&path)` and be done with.

Could you consider this as a feature request?

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Research direction

Start by reading the crate's handling of the EDITOR value and the existing default_editor API, especially how the returned command is intended for std::process. Check the requested default_editor::edit_file(&path) entry point and determine how shell-lexed editor arguments should be passed. Done means callers can edit a path without handling sh-lexing themselves.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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