From 547aed6eb1ec2b6e4df2ef13d18811a879d60cc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kris Yotam <krisyotam@protonmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:42:43 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] editor fallback: prefer nvim > vim > vi when $EDITOR is unset

---
 doc.c | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc.c b/doc.c
index caf004648f21db5ecbdc884e63cf272e11ab5637..61fb3757ff2faa6856e35fad3c0bda3b76d5e2fa 100644
--- a/doc.c
+++ b/doc.c
@@ -115,8 +115,14 @@ doc_edit(TaskDB *tdb, const char *listname, int task_id)
 	}
 
 	editor = getenv("EDITOR");
-	if (!editor)
-		editor = "vi";
+	if (!editor) {
+		if (access("/usr/bin/nvim", X_OK) == 0)
+			editor = "nvim";
+		else if (access("/usr/bin/vim", X_OK) == 0)
+			editor = "vim";
+		else
+			editor = "vi";
+	}
 
 	snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "%s '%s'", editor, path);
 	ret = system(cmd);