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Diffstat (limited to 'beets/util/__init__.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | beets/util/__init__.py | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/beets/util/__init__.py b/beets/util/__init__.py index 00558e90a..ccb95b459 100644 --- a/beets/util/__init__.py +++ b/beets/util/__init__.py @@ -978,14 +978,14 @@ def open_anything() -> str: def editor_command() -> str: """Get a command for opening a text file. - Use the `EDITOR` environment variable by default. If it is not - present, fall back to `open_anything()`, the platform-specific tool - for opening files in general. + First try environment variable `VISUAL` followed by `EDITOR`. As last resort + fall back to `open_anything()`, the platform-specific tool for opening files + in general. + """ - editor = os.environ.get("EDITOR") - if editor: - return editor - return open_anything() + return ( + os.environ.get("VISUAL") or os.environ.get("EDITOR") or open_anything() + ) def interactive_open(targets: Sequence[str], command: str): |