lib/generators/jekyll/blog/templates/tasks/new_post.rake.tt in bloggy-0.2.2 vs lib/generators/jekyll/blog/templates/tasks/new_post.rake.tt in bloggy-0.3

@@ -7,33 +7,38 @@
   OptionParser.new.parse!
   ARGV.shift
   title = ARGV.join(' ')
 
   path = "config/jekyll/_posts/#{Date.today}-#{title.downcase.gsub(/[^[:alnum:]]+/, '-')}.markdown"
-  
+  home_dir = Dir.respond_to?(:home) ? Dir.home : ENV['HOME']
+
   if File.exist?(path)
     puts "[WARN] File exists - skipping create"
   else
     File.open(path, "w") do |file|
       file.puts YAML.dump({'layout' => 'post', 'published' => false, 'title' => title})
       file.puts "---"
     end
 
     begin
       config = {'editor' => 'mate'}
-      if File.exist?("#{Dir.home}/.bloggyrc")
-        config.merge!(YAML.load_file("#{Dir.home}/.bloggyrc"))
+      if File.exist?("#{home_dir}/.bloggyrc")
+        config.merge!(YAML.load_file("#{home_dir}/.bloggyrc"))
       end
     rescue TypeError
       puts "[WARN] Failed to parse editor from .bloggyrc"
     end
     
-    begin
-    `#{config['editor']} #{path}`
-    rescue Exception
+    file = `which #{config['editor']} 2> /dev/null`.chomp
+    if $?.to_i == 0 and File.exists?(file)
+      begin
+      `#{config['editor']} #{path}`
+      rescue Exception
+        puts "[WARN] Could not find editor #{config['editor']} - please edit #{path} manually"
+      end
+    else
       puts "[WARN] Could not find editor #{config['editor']} - please edit #{path} manually"
     end
-
   end
 
   exit 1
 end