Nathan Hartman wrote on Thu, 19 Mar 2020 00:42 +00:00: > On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 8:29 PM Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name> wrote: > > (Or we could change the C code > > to add the "--" between the editor command and the filename, but that might > > break somebody's proverbial spacebar heating.) > > I don't think we should do that because an editor that doesn't support > a "--" option could have problems. I don't see it in nano's manpage on > my debian box for example.
Well, anyone who uses such an editor would have to write a wrapper script that removes the "--". Thanks for r1875404, Daniel