now opens $EDITOR to write post body

3 files changed, 54 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/ed.rs b/src/ed.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17b73fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ed.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+use std::env;
+use std::fs;
+use std::process;
+
+use chrono::prelude::*;
+use log;
+
+use crate::error;
+use crate::user;
+
+lazy_static! {
+    static ref VAR: String = match env::var("EDITOR") {
+        Ok(ed) => {
+            if &ed == "" {
+                "nano".into()
+            } else {
+                ed
+            }
+        }
+        Err(err) => {
+            log::warn!("{:?}", err);
+            "nano".into()
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+fn create_tmp_file<'a>() -> Result<String, &'a str> {
+    let the_time = Utc::now().to_rfc2822();
+    let file_name = format!("/tmp/clinte_ed_{}_{}", *user::NAME, the_time);
+    match fs::write(&file_name, "") {
+        Ok(_) => Ok(file_name),
+        Err(err) => {
+            log::warn!("{:?}", err);
+            Err("Unable to create temp file")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn call() -> String {
+    let tmp_loc = error::helper(create_tmp_file());
+
+    error::helper(
+        process::Command::new(VAR.clone())
+            .arg(tmp_loc.clone())
+            .stdin(process::Stdio::inherit())
+            .stdout(process::Stdio::inherit())
+            .output(),
+    );
+
+    error::helper(fs::read_to_string(tmp_loc))
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index fcb7535..35df02f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use log::info;
 
 mod db;
 mod ed;
+mod error;
 mod logging;
 mod posts;
 mod user;
diff --git a/src/posts.rs b/src/posts.rs
index 27327ff..cb546ef 100644
--- a/src/posts.rs
+++ b/src/posts.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use std::io;
 use rusqlite;
 
 use crate::db;
+use crate::ed;
 use crate::user;
 
 type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Box<dyn Error>>;
@@ -50,10 +51,7 @@ pub fn create(db: &db::Conn) {
     };
 
     println!();
-    println!("Body of the new post: ");
-    let mut body = String::new();
-    io::stdin().read_line(&mut body).unwrap();
-    let body = str_to_utf8(body.trim());
+    let body = str_to_utf8(&ed::call());
     let body = if body.len() > 500 {
         &body[..500]
     } else {