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1#!/bin/sh
2
3# A "filter", based on your favorite editor.
4# It reads lines from stdin, opens a file containing these lines
5# with your favorite editor, and then prints the content of the file
6# $EDITMENU to stdout. I have configured my editor to write the
7# current line to $EDITMENU when pressing ;; (semicolon twice) like this
8# map ;; !!tee -a $EDITMENU^M " For nvi
9
10# It can be used to replace dmenu or similar menu applications in
11# constrained environment. It works even without any (n)curses library,
12# assuming you use a suitable editor (like ed).
13
14editor=${EDITOR:-vi}
15
16export EDITMENU=$(mktemp)
17in=$(mktemp)
18
19cat > "$in"
20
21# This is a dirty trick to "help" the editor (vi) understand that it can
22# take over the tty to get its input.
23$editor "$in" < /dev/tty
24
25cat $EDITMENU

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