Desktop: Resolves #591: Add support for multiple profiles (#6385)

packages/lib/services/ExternalEditWatcher/utils.ts

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+/* eslint-disable import/prefer-default-export */
+
+const { splitCommandString } = require('../../string-utils');
+import { spawn } from 'child_process';
+import Logger from '../../Logger';
+import Setting from '../../models/Setting';
+import { fileExtension } from '../../path-utils';
+import shim from '../../shim';
+
+const logger = Logger.create('ExternalEditWatcher/utils');
+
+const spawnCommand = async (path: string, args: string[], options: any) => {
+	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+		// App bundles need to be opened using the `open` command.
+		// Additional args can be specified after --args, and the
+		// -n flag is needed to ensure that the app is always launched
+		// with the arguments. Without it, if the app is already opened,
+		// it will just bring it to the foreground without opening the file.
+		// So the full command is:
+		//
+		// open -n /path/to/editor.app --args -app-flag -bla /path/to/file.md
+		//
+		if (shim.isMac() && fileExtension(path) === 'app') {
+			args = args.slice();
+			args.splice(0, 0, '--args');
+			args.splice(0, 0, path);
+			args.splice(0, 0, '-n');
+			path = 'open';
+		}
+
+		const wrapError = (error: any) => {
+			if (!error) return error;
+			const msg = error.message ? [error.message] : [];
+			msg.push(`Command was: "${path}" ${args.join(' ')}`);
+			error.message = msg.join('\n\n');
+			return error;
+		};
+
+		try {
+			const subProcess = spawn(path, args, options);
+
+			const iid = shim.setInterval(() => {
+				if (subProcess && subProcess.pid) {
+					logger.debug(`Started editor with PID ${subProcess.pid}`);
+					shim.clearInterval(iid);
+					resolve(null);
+				}
+			}, 100);
+
+			subProcess.on('error', (error: any) => {
+				shim.clearInterval(iid);
+				reject(wrapError(error));
+			});
+		} catch (error) {
+			throw wrapError(error);
+		}
+	});
+};
+
+const textEditorCommand = () => {
+	const editorCommand = Setting.value('editor');
+	if (!editorCommand) return null;
+
+	const s = splitCommandString(editorCommand, { handleEscape: false });
+	const path = s.splice(0, 1);
+	if (!path.length) throw new Error(`Invalid editor command: ${editorCommand}`);
+
+	return {
+		path: path[0],
+		args: s,
+	};
+};
+
+export const openFileWithExternalEditor = async (filePath: string, bridge: any) => {
+	const cmd = textEditorCommand();
+	if (!cmd) {
+		bridge.openExternal(`file://${filePath}`);
+	} else {
+		cmd.args.push(filePath);
+		await spawnCommand(cmd.path, cmd.args, { detached: true });
+	}
+};