Function get_default_editor

IPython/terminal/interactiveshell.py:105–117

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def get_default_editor():
    try:
        return os.environ['EDITOR']
    except KeyError:
        pass
    except UnicodeError:
        warn("$EDITOR environment variable is not pure ASCII. Using platform "
             "default editor.")

    if os.name == 'posix':
        return 'vi'  # the only one guaranteed to be there!
    else:
        return "notepad"  # same in Windows!


# conservatively check for tty