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When unix tools make use of an external editor, they typically check the environment variable VISUAL and fall back to EDITOR. This commit adds the additional check for VISUAL to the existing EDITOR check (where VISUAL is preferred over EDITOR).
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Edit Plugin
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===========
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The ``edit`` plugin lets you modify music metadata using your favorite text
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editor.
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Enable the ``edit`` plugin in your configuration (see :ref:`using-plugins`) and
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then type::
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beet edit QUERY
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Your text editor (i.e., the command in your ``$VISUAL`` or ``$EDITOR``
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environment variable) will open with a list of tracks to edit. Make your changes
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and exit your text editor to apply them to your music.
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Command-Line Options
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--------------------
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The ``edit`` command has these command-line options:
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- ``-a`` or ``--album``: Edit albums instead of individual items.
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- ``-f FIELD`` or ``--field FIELD``: Specify an additional field to edit
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(in addition to the defaults set in the configuration).
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- ``--all``: Edit *all* available fields.
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Interactive Usage
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-----------------
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The ``edit`` plugin can also be invoked during an import session. If enabled, it
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adds two new options to the user prompt::
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[A]pply, More candidates, Skip, Use as-is, as Tracks, Group albums, Enter search, enter Id, aBort, eDit, edit Candidates?
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- ``eDit``: use this option for using the original items' metadata as the
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starting point for your edits.
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- ``edit Candidates``: use this option for using a candidate's metadata as the
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starting point for your edits.
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Please note that currently the interactive usage of the plugin will only allow
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you to change the item-level fields. In case you need to edit the album-level
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fields, the recommended approach is to invoke the plugin via the command line
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in album mode (``beet edit -a QUERY``) after the import.
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Also, please be aware that the ``edit Candidates`` choice can only be used with
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the matches found during the initial search (and currently not supporting the
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candidates found via the ``Enter search`` or ``enter Id`` choices). You might
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find the ``--search-id SEARCH_ID`` :ref:`import-cmd` option useful for those
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cases where you already have a specific candidate ID that you want to edit.
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Configuration
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-------------
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To configure the plugin, make an ``edit:`` section in your configuration
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file. The available options are:
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- **itemfields**: A space-separated list of item fields to include in the
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editor by default.
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Default: ``track title artist album``
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- **albumfields**: The same when editing albums (with the ``-a`` option).
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Default: ``album albumartist``
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