au.com.zip.cs
Class Editor

java.lang.Object
  au.com.zip.cs.Editor

All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable

public class Editor
extends Object
implements Runnable

Run the external editor on a file.

Author:

Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> 14aug2002

See Also:

Ttycmd

Field Summary

static String

DFLT_EXTERNAL_EDITOR The default external editor, currently "vi".

Constructor Summary

Editor(File f)
Constructs an Editor for an existing File.

Method Summary

static void	edit(File f) Edit the supplied File with the external editor.
static String	edit(String txt) Edit the supplied text string with the external editor.
static String	getEditor() Get the default external editor.
String	getText() Return the text currently stored in the file being edited.
void	run()
static void	setEditor(String ne) Set the default external editor.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

DFLT_EXTERNAL_EDITOR

public static final String DFLT_EXTERNAL_EDITOR

The default external editor, currently "vi". This value is used if the system property au.com.zip.cs.env.EDITOR is not set.

See Also:

Util.getenv(String), Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Editor

public Editor(File f)

Constructs an Editor for an existing File.

Parameters:

f - the File to edit

Method Detail

getEditor

public static final String getEditor()

Get the default external editor.

Returns:

the default external editor

setEditor

public static final void setEditor(String ne)

Set the default external editor.

Parameters:

ne - the new external editor

getText

public final String getText()
                     throws IOException

Return the text currently stored in the file being edited.

Returns:

the text

Throws:

IOException

edit

public static void edit(File f)

Edit the supplied File with the external editor.

Parameters:

f - the File to edit

edit

public static String edit(String txt)
                   throws IOException

Edit the supplied text string with the external editor.

Parameters:

txt - the text to edit

Returns:

the edited text

Throws:

IOException

run

public void run()

Specified by:

run in interface Runnable