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Re: Start an external editor to edit the current zle buffer

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Start an external editor to edit the current zle buffer
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 13:49:25 +0000
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Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Is there a way to start an external editor (e.g. given by $FCEDIT)
> to edit the current buffer and go back to zle?
> 
> This can be useful if some operations are easier with the mouse.

See the ZLE function edit-command-line supplied with the shell.  It's
quite short and you might want to tweak it.

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Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>                  Software Engineer
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