1 files changed, 6 insertions, 34 deletions

diff --git a/src/nix/edit.cc b/src/nix/edit.cc
index 632a99d11..ca410cd1f 100644
--- a/src/nix/edit.cc
+++ b/src/nix/edit.cc
@@ -31,45 +31,17 @@ struct CmdEdit : InstallableCommand
 
         auto v = installable->toValue(*state);
 
-        Value * v2;
-        try {
-            auto dummyArgs = state->allocBindings(0);
-            v2 = findAlongAttrPath(*state, "meta.position", *dummyArgs, *v);
-        } catch (Error &) {
-            throw Error("package '%s' has no source location information", installable->what());
-        }
-
-        auto pos = state->forceString(*v2);
-        debug("position is %s", pos);
-
-        auto colon = pos.rfind(':');
-        if (colon == std::string::npos)
-            throw Error("cannot parse meta.position attribute '%s'", pos);
-
-        std::string filename(pos, 0, colon);
-        int lineno;
-        try {
-            lineno = std::stoi(std::string(pos, colon + 1));
-        } catch (std::invalid_argument & e) {
-            throw Error("cannot parse line number '%s'", pos);
-        }
-
-        auto editor = getEnv("EDITOR", "cat");
-
-        auto args = tokenizeString<Strings>(editor);
-
-        if (editor.find("emacs") != std::string::npos ||
-            editor.find("nano") != std::string::npos ||
-            editor.find("vim") != std::string::npos)
-            args.push_back(fmt("+%d", lineno));
-
-        args.push_back(filename);
+        Pos pos = findDerivationFilename(*state, *v, installable->what());
 
         stopProgressBar();
 
+        auto args = editorFor(pos);
+
         execvp(args.front().c_str(), stringsToCharPtrs(args).data());
 
-        throw SysError("cannot run editor '%s'", editor);
+        std::string command;
+        for (const auto &arg : args) command += " '" + arg + "'";
+        throw SysError("cannot run command%s", command);
     }
 };