Refs #24489 - Helper for editing text in editor (#294)

theforeman · Nov 6, 2018 · 049346d · 049346d
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diff --git a/lib/hammer_cli/utils.rb b/lib/hammer_cli/utils.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'highline'
+require 'tempfile'
 
 class String
   def format(params)
@@ -84,4 +85,15 @@ def self.capitalization
   def self.interactive_output
     @interactive_output ||= HighLine.new($stdin, IO.new(IO.sysopen('/dev/tty', 'w'), 'w'))
   end
+
+  def self.open_in_editor(content, content_type: '', tempdir: '/tmp', suffix: '.tmp')
+    result = content
+    Tempfile.open([content_type, suffix], tempdir) do |f|
+      f.write(content)
+      f.rewind
+      system("#{ENV['EDITOR'] || 'vi'} #{f.path}")
+      result = f.read
+    end
+    result
+  end
 end