From 9653858ce68a04e2c23dbf14e344d4dca4bf7e24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Shabalin <alex.shabalin@tweag.io>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:38:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix :e in repl

Closes https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/5487

Co-authored-by: Alexander Bantyev balsoft@balsoft.ru
---
 src/nix/repl.cc | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/nix/repl.cc b/src/nix/repl.cc
index 4f13ee05d..fd86174f2 100644
--- a/src/nix/repl.cc
+++ b/src/nix/repl.cc
@@ -471,7 +471,10 @@ bool NixRepl::processLine(string line)
         auto args = editorFor(pos);
         auto editor = args.front();
         args.pop_front();
-        runProgram(editor, true, args);
+
+        // runProgram redirects stdout to a StringSink,
+        // using runProgram2 to allow editors to display their UI
+        runProgram2(RunOptions { .program = editor, .searchPath = true, .args = args });
 
         // Reload right after exiting the editor
         state->resetFileCache();