#Open files from the TUI

Clicked file paths, line numbers, and "open in editor" actions copy path:line:column unless you set editor.open or crabcode detects a Zed, VS Code, or Cursor terminal.

Set editor.open to a shell template when you want clicks to jump into an editor pane. Crabcode does not hardcode Helix or Neovim.

{
  "editor": {
    "open": "herdr pane run \"$(herdr tab create --focus --label hx | jq -r .result.root_pane.pane_id)\" hx -- {pathname}:{line}:{column}",
  },
}

A string is the same as { "open": "..." }:

{
  "editor": "zed -- {location}",
}

#Placeholders

editor.open is expanded, then passed to sh -c (or cmd /C on Windows).

{pathname} is quoted so paths with spaces stay one argument when concatenated as {pathname}:{line}:{column}. Use {pathname_raw} when the path sits inside quotes you already wrote.

If the template has no path token, crabcode appends the quoted path.

#Suspend

editor.suspend (default false) leaves the TUI, runs the command with the real terminal, waits for it to exit, then restores crabcode.

Leave it off for GUI editors and multiplexer send-text commands.

Recipes for Helix, Neovim, Herdr, Zed, VS Code, and Cursor live in Editor Integration.