Editing text with an external editor in Python

[Steven D'Aprano]

Cameron Simpson wrote:

> It is not just about being hacked.
> 
> It is about being robust in the face of unusual setups.
> 
> If I were producing this function for general use (even my own personal
> general use) it would need to be reliable. That includes things like
> $TMPDIR having spaces in it (or other unfortunate punctuation).

Ah, gotcha. That makes sense.



-- 
Steven