Plume is a library which can be used in command-line tools to let users write text in their favourite editor.

Think about how Git spawns your ${EDITOR} to let you write a commit message.

Usage

extern crate plume;

use plume::get_text;

let text = get_text()?;

The above will:

1. find the text editor to use

   • if the ${EDITOR} environment variable is set, then its value is used;
   • otherwise, Plume will search for known text editors like nano or vim;

2. launch that text editor and capture the text entered by the user;

3. return that text.

License

Plume is offered under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, either version 3 or any later version.