I3-SENSIBLE-EDITOR

NAME

i3-sensible-editor - 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

i3(1)

AUTHOR

Michael Stapelberg and contributors