gitui-org / gitui-org/gitui

opening micro as editor takes 10 seconds

Open
#1,911 2 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub
bug
Dominant language
Rust
Stars
22.5k
Forks
773
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

**Describe the bug**
Unacceptably long startup time of the micro editor from within gitui

**To Reproduce**
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
1. Add "export EDITOR="micro" to .zshrc
2. open terminal
3. boot gitui
4. Go to "files" tab
5. select a 50-line markdown file
6. press "e"
7. wait 10-12 seconds

**Expected behavior**
micro opening in under a second

**Screenshots**
If applicable, add screenshots to help explain your problem.

**Context (please complete the following information):**
- OS/Distro + Version: OpenSUSE Tumbleweed (in WSL on Win 11)
- GitUI Version 0.24.3

**Additional context**
Add any other context about the problem here.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Assessment

This issue has not been assessed yet.

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.