edit

edit [-V|-t] [-e EDITOR] [-c] [-x TEXT] [-n] [-v|-s] [FILE...]

Opens files in a text editor, choosing a terminal or GUI editor and resolving a rich chain of fallbacks. With no –visual/–terminal flag the mode is auto-detected: interactive terminals get the terminal editor ($EDITOR), while detached invocations (desktop shortcuts) get the GUI editor ($VISUAL). Clipboard contents and literal strings can be opened as throwaway temp files. Editor output is suppressed unless –verbose.

GUI fallback chain:      zed → antigravity-ide → code → kate → kwrite →
                         gnome-text-editor → gedit
Terminal fallback chain: nvim → vim → micro → nano → vi

Arguments:


`FILE...`	Files to open (any number)
`-V, --visual`	Force the GUI editor ($VISUAL or fallbacks)
`-t, --terminal`	Force the terminal editor ($EDITOR or fallbacks)
`-e, --editor=X`	Use a specific editor binary X
`-c, --clipboard`	Open the clipboard contents (as a temp file)
`-x, --text=STR`	Open STR as the contents of a new temp file
`-n, --new`	Force a new window/instance (best-effort, where supported)
`-v, --verbose`	Print the launch command and let editor output through
`-s, --silent`	Suppress all output, including the editor’s
`-h, --help`	Show this help message

Returns:


`0`	Editor launched successfully
`1`	Conflicting flags, no editor found, or clipboard read failed

edit notes.txt
edit --visual ~/.config/fish/config.fish
edit --terminal --new todo.md
edit --editor=code --clipboard
edit --text="hello world"