pass edit with non-GUI editor

[Matthias Braun]

On 2019-11-26 at 10:11:31, Liberius Clavus (liberius at autistici.org) wrote:
> 
> Matthias Braun <matthias at bullbytes.com> writes:
> 
> > I'd like to open a password entry using NeoVim in a terminal window.
> >
> > This is my current script:
> >
> >     #!/usr/bin/env bash
> >
> >     shopt -s nullglob globstar
> >
> >     prefix=${PASSWORD_STORE_DIR-~/.password-store}
> >     password_files=( "$prefix"/**/*.gpg )
> >
> >     # Remove the password store directories from its entries
> >     password_files=( "${password_files[@]#"$prefix"/}" )
> >     # Remove the ".gpg" ending
> >     password_files=( "${password_files[@]%.gpg}" )
> >
> >     password_entry=$(printf '%s\n' "${password_files[@]}" | rofi -dmenu "$@")
> >
> >     [[ -n $password_entry ]] || exit
> >
> >     pass edit "$password_entry"
> >
> > What I'd like to do is make `pass edit` open a new instance of termite (my terminal emulator) and pass the temporary file containing the password entry to NeoVim.
> 
> From what I understand when you select the entry from dmenu you want it
> to open a terminal emulator and edit that pass entry. If that's the case
> then you should read the manual for termite.
> 
> For urxvt and xterm you can do, `urxvt/xterm -e sh -c "pass edit
> entry"`. Does this work on termite?
> 
> --
> Liberius Clavus

Thanks Liberius Clavus, I figured it out:

    # This opens the entry in the $EDITOR inside a new termite instance
    termite -e "pass edit "$password_entry"" 2> /dev/null


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