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| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 | #!/usr/bin/env python
###########################################################################
#
# xasyCodeEditor implements a simple text editor for Asymptote scripts in
# xasy.
#
#
# Author: Orest Shardt
# Created: June 29, 2007
#
############################################################################
from subprocess import call
from tempfile import mkstemp
from os import remove
from os import fdopen
from string import split
import xasyOptions
def getText(text=""):
  """Launch the external editor"""
  temp = mkstemp()
  tempf = fdopen(temp[0],"r+w")
  tempf.write(text)
  tempf.flush()
  try:
    call(split(xasyOptions.options['externalEditor'])+[temp[1]])
  except:
    raise Exception('Error launching external editor.')
  tempf.seek(0)
  text = tempf.read()
  remove(temp[1])
  return text
if __name__ == '__main__':
  #run a test
  print getText("Here is some text to edit")
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