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Added support for Helix

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Markus Fleschutz 2025-03-09 10:52:31 +01:00
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.SYNOPSIS
Opens a text editor
.DESCRIPTION
This PowerShell script opens a text editor with the given text file.
This PowerShell script opens the installed text editor with the given text file.
Supported are: Emacs, Helix, pico, nano, neovim, Notepad, vi, vim, and Wordpad.
.PARAMETER path
Specifies the path to the text file (will be queried if none given)
Specifies the path to the text file (default is to query the user to specify it)
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./edit.ps1 C:\MyDiary.txt
.LINK
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function TryEditor { param([string]$editor, [string]$path)
try {
Write-Host "$editor.." -noNewline
Write-Host "$editor..." -noNewline
& $editor "$path"
if ($lastExitCode -ne 0) {
"⚠️ Can't execute '$editor' - make sure it's installed and available"
exit 1
}
if ($lastExitCode -ne 0) { "⚠️ Can't execute '$editor' - make sure it's installed and available"; exit 1 }
exit 0 # success
} catch {
return
}
} catch { return }
}
try {
if ($path -eq "" ) { $path = Read-Host "Enter the path to the text file" }
if ($path -eq "" ) { $path = Read-Host "Enter the path to the text file" }
Write-Host "Trying to open '$path' by " -noNewline
TryEditor "neovim" $path
TryEditor "vim" $path
TryEditor "vi" $path
TryEditor "nano" $path
TryEditor "pico" $path
TryEditor "hx" $path
TryEditor "emacs" $path
TryEditor "notepad.exe" $path
TryEditor "wordpad.exe" $path
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Searching for " -noNewline
TryEditor "neovim" $path
TryEditor "vim" $path
TryEditor "vi" $path
TryEditor "nano" $path
TryEditor "pico" $path
TryEditor "emacs" $path
TryEditor "notepad.exe" $path
TryEditor "wordpad.exe" $path
Write-Host ""
throw "No text editor found - use 'winget install' to install your favorite text editor."
exit 0 # success
} catch {
"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
exit 1
}
"⚠️ Sorry, no text editor found. Please install your favorite one (e.g. by executing 'winget install helix.helix')."
exit 1