editor.py

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import os
import re
import sys
import subprocess
import tempfile

from error import EditorError

class Editor(object):
  """Manages the user's preferred text editor."""

  _editor = None
  globalConfig = None

  @classmethod
  def _GetEditor(cls):
    if cls._editor is None:
      cls._editor = cls._SelectEditor()
    return cls._editor

  @classmethod
  def _SelectEditor(cls):
    e = os.getenv('GIT_EDITOR')
    if e:
      return e

    if cls.globalConfig:
      e = cls.globalConfig.GetString('core.editor')
      if e:
        return e

    e = os.getenv('VISUAL')
    if e:
      return e

    e = os.getenv('EDITOR')
    if e:
      return e

    if os.getenv('TERM') == 'dumb':
      print >>sys.stderr,\
"""No editor specified in GIT_EDITOR, core.editor, VISUAL or EDITOR.
Tried to fall back to vi but terminal is dumb.  Please configure at
least one of these before using this command."""
      sys.exit(1)

    return 'vi'

  @classmethod
  def EditString(cls, data):
    """Opens an editor to edit the given content.

       Args:
         data        : the text to edit
  
      Returns:
        new value of edited text; None if editing did not succeed
    """
    editor = cls._GetEditor()
    if editor == ':':
      return data

    fd, path = tempfile.mkstemp()
    try:
      os.write(fd, data)
      os.close(fd)
      fd = None

      if re.compile("^.*[$ \t'].*$").match(editor):
        args = [editor + ' "$@"', 'sh']
        shell = True
      else:
        args = [editor]
        shell = False
      args.append(path)

      try:
        rc = subprocess.Popen(args, shell=shell).wait()
      except OSError, e:
        raise EditorError('editor failed, %s: %s %s'
          % (str(e), editor, path))
      if rc != 0:
        raise EditorError('editor failed with exit status %d: %s %s'
          % (rc, editor, path))

      fd2 = open(path)
      try:
        return fd2.read()
      finally:
        fd2.close()
    finally:
      if fd:
        os.close(fd)
      os.remove(path)