Re: Running an editor from ANSI C

On Fri, 7 Jun 2024 14:24:29 +0300, Michael S wrote:

On Fri, 7 Jun 2024 10:47:57 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
 

On Fri, 07 Jun 2024 02:37:42 -0700, Keith Thompson wrote:
 

As for portability, I'm not aware of the $EDITOR convention being
used on non-POSIX systems.

 
Can non-POSIX systems offer anything better? Any worthwhile
alternative?
 
No.

 
Yes. The one below is better.
ShellExecute(NULL, "edit", filename, NULL, NULL, SW_NORMAL);

On Windows, that combines the command-line arguments into a single string.
Which then has to be teased apart by the receiving program. Assuming the
two ends can agree on consistent rules for doing so.