Re: Running an editor from ANSI C

Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> writes:
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Now to get the $EDITOR variable I will have to modify this function.
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int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)

No, you just have to add `#include <stdlib.h>` and call
`getenv("EDITOR")`, a standard C library function.  (It returns a null
pointer if $EDITOR is not set.)

I even mentioned getenv() upthread.

envp lets you see which environment variables are defined, while
getenv() only lets you see an environment variable given its name, but
getenv() is sufficient for $EDITOR.

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