# TTY::Editor [![Gitter](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)][gitter] [![Gem Version](https://badge.fury.io/rb/tty-editor.svg)][gem] [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/piotrmurach/tty-editor.svg?branch=master)][travis] [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/yw4guy16meq5wkee?svg=true)][appveyor] [![Code Climate](https://codeclimate.com/github/piotrmurach/tty-editor/badges/gpa.svg)][codeclimate] [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/piotrmurach/tty-editor/badge.svg)][coverage] [![Inline docs](http://inch-ci.org/github/piotrmurach/tty-editor.svg?branch=master)][inchpages] [gitter]: https://gitter.im/piotrmurach/tty [gem]: http://badge.fury.io/rb/tty-editor [travis]: http://travis-ci.org/piotrmurach/tty-editor [appveyor]: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/piotrmurach/tty-editor [codeclimate]: https://codeclimate.com/github/piotrmurach/tty-editor [coverage]: https://coveralls.io/github/piotrmurach/tty-editor [inchpages]: http://inch-ci.org/github/piotrmurach/tty-editor > Opens a file or text in the user's preferred editor. **TTY::Editor** provides independent component for [TTY](https://github.com/piotrmurach/tty) toolkit. ## Installation Add this line to your application's Gemfile: ```ruby gem 'tty-editor' ``` And then execute: $ bundle Or install it yourself as: $ gem install tty-editor ## Usage Open file or text in default editor by calling `open`: ```ruby TTY::Editor.open # opens editor with no input TTY::Editor.open('hello.rb') # opens editor with the file contents TTY::Editor.open('some text') # opens editor with text ``` You can force to always use a specific editor by passing `:command` option: ```ruby TTY::Editor.open('hello.rb', command: :vim) ``` Use `:env` key to forward environment variables to the editor. ```ruby TTY::Editor.open('hello.rb', env: { ... }) ``` ## Interface ### open When editor successfully opens file or content then `true` is returned as value, otherwise `TTY::Editor::CommandInvocation` error is raised. ## Development After checking out the repo, run `bin/setup` to install dependencies. Then, run `rake spec` to run the tests. You can also run `bin/console` for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment. To install this gem onto your local machine, run `bundle exec rake install`. To release a new version, update the version number in `version.rb`, and then run `bundle exec rake release`, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the `.gem` file to [rubygems.org](https://rubygems.org). ## Contributing Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/piotrmurach/tty-editor. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the [Contributor Covenant](http://contributor-covenant.org) code of conduct. ## License The gem is available as open source under the terms of the [MIT License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT). ## Copyright Copyright (c) 2017 Piotr Murach. See LICENSE for further details.