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+#!/bin/sh
+# "magically" pick the 'best' available editor for a given platform
+
+# use emacs if it is running a server
+# disabled because I ended up not liking using emacs as $EDITOR, weird, I know
+# tempuid=`id -u`
+# temphost=`hostname`
+# if [ -e "/tmp/esrv$tempuid-$temphost" ]
+# then
+#     emacsclient "$@"
+#     exit $?
+# fi
+
+# use subethaedit on OS X
+if test "`uname`" = "Darwin" ; then
+	if test "x`whereis see`" != "x" ; then
+		see -w "$@"
+		exit $?
+	# no subetha, then try for textwrangler
+	elif test "x`whereis edit`" != "x" ; then
+		edit -w "$@"
+		exit $?
+	fi
+fi
+
+# we're not on a mac (or preferred mac editors failed, so we like gvim
+if test "x`whereis gvim`" != "x"  && test "x$DISPLAY" != "x" ; then
+	gvim -f "$@"
+# ...or vim, since either gvim wasn't there or display wasn't set
+elif test "x`whereis vim`" != "x" ; then
+	vim -f "$@"
+# wow, this is a weird host, use vi. if that doesn't exist, we're really screwed
+else
+	vi "$@"
+fi
+
+exit $?