i3-sensible-editor - Man Page
launches $EDITOR with fallbacks
Synopsis
i3-sensible-editor [arguments]
Description
i3-sensible-editor is used by i3-nagbar(1) when you click on the edit button.
It tries to start one of the following (in that order):
- $VISUAL
- $EDITOR
- nano
- nvim
- vim
- vi
- emacs
- pico
- qe
- mg
- jed
- gedit
- mcedit
- gvim
Please don’t complain about the order: If the user has any preference, they will have $VISUAL or $EDITOR set.
See Also
Author
Michael Stapelberg and contributors
Referenced By
10/29/2023 i3 4.23 i3 Manual