This scripts allows opening your text editor from a link on a webpage/within a browser extension via MIME. See a short demo.

It handles URIs like:

   editor:///path/to/file:123
   editor:///path/to/file?line=456

See test_parse_uri for more examples.

To install (register the MIME handler), run

  python3 open_in_editor.py --install --editor emacs

See --help for the list of available editors. If you want to add other editors, the code should be easy to follow.

You can check that it works with

  xdg-open 'editor:///path/to/some/file'

I haven’t found any existing/mature scripts for this, please let me know if you know of any! I’d be quite happy to support one less script :)

The script was tested on Linux only! I’d be happy if someone contributes adjustments for OSX.

Usage

usage: open_in_editor.py [-h] [--editor {emacs,vim,gvim,default}] [--install]
                         [--run-tests]
                         [uri]

positional arguments:
  uri                   URI to open + optional line number

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --editor {emacs,vim,gvim,default}
                        Editor to use. 'default' means using your default GUI
                        editor (discovered with open/xdg-open)
  --install             Pass to install (i.g. register MIME in your system)
  --run-tests           Pass to run unit tests