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hermes-agent/ui-tui/src/lib/editor.ts
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Brooklyn Nicholson d056b610b7 fix: avoid prompt_toolkit complex tempfile bug and prefer nvim first
Setting buffer.tempfile = 'prompt.md' pushed prompt_toolkit into its
complex-tempfile path, which creates a temp dir and then calls
os.makedirs() on that same path when no subdirectory is present. That
raises EEXIST before the editor can launch.

Keep prompt_toolkit on the simple tempfile path with .md suffix, and
make the editor fallback chain explicit on both surfaces:
$VISUAL -> $EDITOR -> nvim -> vim -> vi -> nano.
2026-04-25 20:16:50 -05:00

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import { accessSync, constants } from 'node:fs'
import { delimiter, join } from 'node:path'
/**
* Resolve which editor to launch when the user hits Ctrl+G / Alt+G.
*
* Order of preference:
* 1. $VISUAL / $EDITOR (user's explicit choice)
* 2. first executable found on $PATH from `nvim` → `vim` → `vi` → `nano`
* 3. literal `'vi'` so spawnSync still has something to try
*
* Mirrors the override on `input_area.buffer._open_file_in_editor` in cli.py
* — both surfaces should pick the same editor so the CLI/TUI handoff
* doesn't surprise the user with nano in one and vim in the other.
*/
export function resolveEditor(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env): string {
return env.VISUAL || env.EDITOR || findExecutable(env.PATH ?? '', 'nvim', 'vim', 'vi', 'nano') || 'vi'
}
function findExecutable(path: string, ...names: string[]): null | string {
const dirs = path.split(delimiter).filter(Boolean)
for (const name of names) {
for (const dir of dirs) {
const candidate = join(dir, name)
try {
accessSync(candidate, constants.X_OK)
return candidate
} catch {
// not executable / not present; try next
}
}
}
return null
}