From ec4b6c03a8139988d6456195fe098b3dcfaca91d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Austin Ziegler <austin@zieglers.ca>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 22:48:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Trigger an editor after `hugo new`.

- Trigger permanently with NewContentEditor in config.{toml,yaml,json}.
- Trigger on an individual basis with --editor.
---
 commands/hugo.go  |  8 +++++++-
 create/content.go | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/commands/hugo.go b/commands/hugo.go
index 645dcb825..5a395e241 100644
--- a/commands/hugo.go
+++ b/commands/hugo.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ var hugoCmdV *cobra.Command
 
 //Flags that are to be added to commands.
 var BuildWatch, Draft, Future, UglyUrls, Verbose, Logging, VerboseLog, DisableRSS, DisableSitemap, PluralizeListTitles, NoTimes bool
-var Source, Destination, Theme, BaseUrl, CfgFile, LogFile string
+var Source, Destination, Theme, BaseUrl, CfgFile, LogFile, Editor string
 
 //Execute adds all child commands to the root command HugoCmd and sets flags appropriately.
 func Execute() {
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ func init() {
 	HugoCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&UglyUrls, "uglyUrls", false, "if true, use /filename.html instead of /filename/")
 	HugoCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&BaseUrl, "baseUrl", "b", "", "hostname (and path) to the root eg. http://spf13.com/")
 	HugoCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&CfgFile, "config", "", "config file (default is path/config.yaml|json|toml)")
+	HugoCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&Editor, "editor", "", "edit new content with this editor, if provided")
 	HugoCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&Logging, "log", false, "Enable Logging")
 	HugoCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&LogFile, "logFile", "", "Log File path (if set, logging enabled automatically)")
 	HugoCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&VerboseLog, "verboseLog", false, "verbose logging")
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ func InitializeConfig() {
 	viper.SetDefault("PluralizeListTitles", true)
 	viper.SetDefault("FootnoteAnchorPrefix", "")
 	viper.SetDefault("FootnoteReturnLinkContents", "")
+	viper.SetDefault("NewContentEditor", "")
 
 	if hugoCmdV.PersistentFlags().Lookup("buildDrafts").Changed {
 		viper.Set("BuildDrafts", Draft)
@@ -163,6 +165,10 @@ func InitializeConfig() {
 		viper.Set("PluralizeListTitles", PluralizeListTitles)
 	}
 
+	if hugoCmdV.PersistentFlags().Lookup("editor").Changed {
+		viper.Set("NewContentEditor", Editor)
+	}
+
 	if hugoCmdV.PersistentFlags().Lookup("logFile").Changed {
 		viper.Set("LogFile", LogFile)
 	}
diff --git a/create/content.go b/create/content.go
index f1a2a3350..c3c1747a2 100644
--- a/create/content.go
+++ b/create/content.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -104,6 +106,21 @@ func NewContent(kind, name string) (err error) {
 	}
 	jww.FEEDBACK.Println(helpers.AbsPathify(filepath.Join(viper.GetString("contentDir"), name)), "created")
 
+	editor := viper.GetString("NewContentEditor")
+
+	if editor != "" {
+		jww.FEEDBACK.Printf("Editing %s in %s.\n", name, editor)
+
+		cmd := exec.Command(editor, path.Join(viper.GetString("contentDir"), name))
+		cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
+		cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+		cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+
+		if err = cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }