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@@ -33630,6 +33630,30 @@ and return to editing the original uncompleted line. Any other input character c the listener to keep the currently shown completion, and return to edit mode, where that that character is processed again as a command. +.NP* Edit with External Editor + +The two character command Ctrl-X, Ctrl-E launches an external editor to +edit the current command line. The command line is stored in a temporary +file first, and the editor is invoked on this file. When the editor +terminates, the file is read into the editing buffer. + +The editor is determined from the +.code EDITOR +environment variable. If this variable doesn't exist, +the command does nothing. + +If the +.code HOME +environment variable exists, then the temporary file is created in the home +directory. Otherwise it is created in the current working directory. If the +creation of the file fails, then the command silently returns to edit mode. + +If the command line contains embedded carriage returns (which denote +line breaks in multi-line mode) these are replaced with newline characters +when written out to the file. Conversely, when the edited file is read +back, its newlines are converted to carriage returns, so that multi-line +content is handled properly. (See the following section, Multi-Line Mode). + .SS* Multi-Line Mode The listener operates in one of two modes: line mode and multi-line mode. The |