man(1)

💖 man(1) — the Profanity XMPP client manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so this is page 1 of the manual for Profanity, the XMPP client, and we're gonna talk about one very specific little command. pull up a chair. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

/editor — the Profanity /editor command. that's it. that's the whole name. she's short, she's sweet, she's the command. 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So. You wanna edit a message but you don't wanna do it in the lil input line? Say less. /editor spawns your external editor so you can go edit that message in a whole actual editor, main character style. 👑

⚠️ real talk though: after you finish editing, the inputline may appear empty. do not panic. 😭 that's just the vibe. Press Enter to send the text anyways — it's all still there, it's just being mysterious. 🫶

And if you want to pick which editor gets spawned? Use /executable to set your favourite editor. set it once, live your life. obsessed. ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

/editor

one command. no arguments. no flags. no notes. she simply is. 🌈

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and that's the whole page, babe — Profanity version 0.18.2, dated 2026-06-08, straight from the Profanity XMPP client crew. mwah. 💋💜