# edit-in-vim

> Edit a string in the default editor and get the result from your CLI app.

Latest version **0.1.0** (published 2015-12-17) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install edit-in-vim
pnpm add edit-in-vim
yarn add edit-in-vim
bun add edit-in-vim
```

## Health

**Score 15/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support; pre 1.0.

Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 |
| Published | 2015-12-17 |
| First published | 2015-12-17 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 1 |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 (+2 in 1 direct dependencies) |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 2 |
| Author | Giovanni T. Parra |
| Maintainers | fiatjaf |
| Keywords | vim, vipe, cli, edit, editor |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/edit-in-vim
- Repository: https://github.com/fiatjaf/edit-in-vim
- Homepage: https://github.com/fiatjaf/edit-in-vim#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/fiatjaf/edit-in-vim/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/edit-in-vim

## Dependencies (1)

- [tmp](https://npm.io/package/tmp.md) 0.0.28

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## Recent versions

- 0.1.0 (latest) — 2015-12-17

## README

```javascript
var edit = require('edit-in-vim')
var result = edit('placeholder string')

/*
  the user is redirected to their default editor which will show a file containing
  the string "placeholder string".

  suppose he replaces that with the name of his favorite food: "chocolate"
*/

console.log(result) // will output "chocolate"
```

```
npm install --save edit-in-vim
```

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