open https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/631

select_editor works in direct contast to how select_shell works.If you're in the editor selector and press CTRL-C to abort, it returns as if you had not selected an edit (I guess returns 0) therefore the editor shows up as "None".I believe the correct result would be to return the current shell and only have "None" if the user should select no external editor.
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https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/631#note_4042

`bbs.select_editor()` returns a Boolean (true of false). If you're treating the return value as a number, you're doing it wrong. :-)
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https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/631#note_4043

I'm not doing anything with the return value, I just think that when you use CTRL-C when selecting the editor, it should keep your existing editor or not set it to "None"So what you're telling me to do is a keep a note of which editor the user has selected in a variable, then check for console.aborted and if true, then set the user.editor back to what the variable value is.~~~ case 'E': if(console.noyes(bbs.text(UseExternalEditorQ))) { if(console.aborted) { console.aborted = false; break; } user.editor = ''; } else bbs.select_editor(); break;~~~Why can't select_editor handle CTRL-C itself and return the current editor like select_shell does?
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https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/631#note_4044

The way you worded the title of this issue, it sounded like you were talking about the return value of `bbs.select_editor()`.`bbs.select_editor()` does not change the current user's editor selection if they press Ctrl-C rather than choose one from the list of editors. Just like `bbs.select_shell()` behaves.
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https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/631#note_4045

So what you're telling me to do is a keep a note of which editor the user has selected in a variable, then check for console.aborted and if true, then set the user.editor back to what the variable value is.No, that should not be necessary. I tested this myself:`;eval bbs.select_editor()` then hit Ctrl-CAnd my user account's configured external editor remains what is before (is not changed to "None" as a result). So something else is afoot.

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close https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/631
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