Trigger an editor after `hugo new`.

- Trigger permanently with NewContentEditor in config.{toml,yaml,json}.
- Trigger on an individual basis with --editor.

diff --git a/commands/hugo.go b/commands/hugo.go
index 645dcb82514936bc18b1e98076792cf95a26c3ee..5a395e241481036709c47d5562a179220275e2c7 100644 (file)
--- 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 f1a2a33508bd9d19b035b7d7d6ebdc98e24e953b..c3c1747a2cce54c35b186794e8fa19d4a8415205 100644 (file)
--- 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
 }