Problem Description

As far as I can see, it is only possible to read a file by opening it from within the editor. It would be practical to be able to specify one or more filenames on the commandline.

Proposed Solution

  Usage: ferrite [FILE [FILE …]]

Use Cases

1. Pure convenience for those of us who prefer the commandline.
2. The solution would play very well with unix-like OSes that uses the XDG standard: If ferrite took filenames on the commandline, it could be configured to be the default ‘opener’ for the filetypes it support.

Priority

How important is this feature to your workflow?

• Critical - blocking my work
• High - significant improvement
• Medium - nice to have
• Low - minor convenience

I am completely new to ferrite and I like its features, but I am unlikely to adopt ferrite at all as long as I have to open files from within the editor.