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Port details
py-editor Open the default text editor
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Maintainer: yuri@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2025-10-16 23:18:17
Last Update: 2026-05-10 07:48:03
Commit Hash: a489150
Also Listed In: python
License: MIT
WWW:
https://github.com/rec/editor
Description:
The editor Python library allows users to open their default text editor or a specified editor to edit existing files, new files, or temporary files. It blocks execution while the user edits the text and then returns the file's contents. The library determines the editor to use based on the VISUAL or EDITOR environment variables, or defaults to 'Notepad' on Windows and 'vim' otherwise.
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Manual pages:
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pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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Dependency lines:
  • ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}editor>0:editors/py-editor@${PY_FLAVOR}
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/editors/py-editor/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install editors/py-editor
  • pkg install py311-editor
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
NOTE: This is a Python port. Instead of py311-editor listed in the above command, you can pick from the names under the Packages section.
PKGNAME: py311-editor
Package flavors (<flavor>: <package>)
  • py311: py311-editor
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1778398855 SHA256 (editor-1.8.0.tar.gz) = b07e1bbcb8b33f05c2e6ed3ce77ee9756354ada840a18aad7c0536d967fe4c0b SIZE (editor-1.8.0.tar.gz) = 27455

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
py311-editor
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest1.6.61.6.6--1.6.6n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:13:quarterly1.6.61.6.6--1.6.6n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:14:latest1.6.61.6.6------
FreeBSD:14:quarterly1.6.61.6.6--1.6.6---
FreeBSD:15:latest1.6.61.6.6n/a-n/an/a--
FreeBSD:15:quarterly1.6.61.6.6n/a-n/an/a--
FreeBSD:16:latest1.6.61.6.6n/a-n/an/a--
Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies:
  1. py311-hatchling>0 : devel/py-hatchling@py311
  2. python3.11 : lang/python311
  3. py311-build>=0 : devel/py-build@py311
  4. py311-installer>=0 : devel/py-installer@py311
Test dependencies:
  1. python3.11 : lang/python311
Runtime dependencies:
  1. py311-runs>0 : devel/py-runs@py311
  2. py311-xmod>0 : devel/py-xmod@py311
  3. python3.11 : lang/python311
This port is required by:
for Run
  1. devel/py-inquirer

Configuration Options:
No options to configure
Options name:
editors_py-editor
USES:
python
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Number of commits found: 2

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
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1.8.0
10 May 2026 07:48:03
commit hash: a4891504eb43b07b28598346b9a0a49e326411bbcommit hash: a4891504eb43b07b28598346b9a0a49e326411bbcommit hash: a4891504eb43b07b28598346b9a0a49e326411bbcommit hash: a4891504eb43b07b28598346b9a0a49e326411bb files touched by this commit
Yuri Victorovich (yuri) search for other commits by this committer
editors/py-editor: update 1.6.6 → 1.8.0
1.6.6
16 Oct 2025 23:15:27
commit hash: 6c782ff39a6af146d6b26fa8f971356e815c1521commit hash: 6c782ff39a6af146d6b26fa8f971356e815c1521commit hash: 6c782ff39a6af146d6b26fa8f971356e815c1521commit hash: 6c782ff39a6af146d6b26fa8f971356e815c1521 files touched by this commit
Yuri Victorovich (yuri) search for other commits by this committer
editors/py-editor: New port: Open the default text editor

Number of commits found: 2