codex/agentydragon/tasks/06-external-editor-prompt.md

Task 06: External Editor Integration for Prompt Entry

This task is specific to codex-rs.

Status

General Status: Not started
Summary: Not started; missing Implementation details (How it was implemented and How it works).

Goal

Allow users to spawn an external editor (e.g. Neovim) to compose or edit the chat prompt. The prompt box should update with the editor's contents when closed.

Acceptance Criteria

• A slash command /edit-prompt (or Ctrl+E) launches the user's preferred editor on a temporary file pre-populated with the current draft.
• Upon editor exit, the draft is re-read into the composer widget.
• Configurable via editor = "${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-nvim}}" setting in config.toml.

Implementation

How it was implemented
(Not implemented yet)

How it works
(Not implemented yet)

Notes

• Leverage the existing file-opener machinery or spawn a subprocess directly. Modify tui/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer.rs and command handling in tui/src/app.rs.