External Editor as cursor throws error
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Description
What happened?
On choosing cursor as external editor
Error: cursor exited with code 133 │ │ at ChildProcess.<anonymous> │ │ (file:///home/faishal/.nvm/versions/node/v22.18.0/lib/node_modules/@qwen-code/qwen-code/node_modules/@qwen-code/qwen-code-core/dist/src/ut │ │ ils/editor.js:150:36) │ │ at ChildProcess.
What did you expect to happen?
The qwen-coder should have opened the editor cursor and edited the required file
Client information
- CLI Version: 0.0.8
- Git Commit: 87ceb871
- Operating System: linux v22.18.0
- Sandbox Environment: no sandbox
- Model Version: qwen3-coder-plus
- Memory Usage: 271.3 MB
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Research direction
Start with the editor handling referenced in node_modules/@qwen-code/qwen-code-core/dist/src/utils/editor.js at line 150 and reproduce choosing Cursor as the external editor on Linux. Done means Cursor opens and edits the required file without exiting with code 133.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux, node.js, typescript
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100