Editor Open Error in Windows

I have grabbed the binary from here for windows: https://github.com/sst/opencode/releases

and also setup the Anthropic API key but /editor commands gives me this error: "no editor set can't open editor"

Is there any fix for this issue or currently it is not fully supported in windows ?

Have you set the EDITOR env variable?

No i have tried to find the steps to set this but didn't able to find any instruction. It would be great if you guide me to setup this in Windows.

i've the same question how to setup editor on windows

Well... I'm not a windows user but this is chatGPT's answer.

✅ Permanently (System/User Level)

Option 1: Using System Settings GUI

Press Win + S, search for “Environment Variables” and open “Edit the system environment variables.”
In the System Properties window, click “Environment Variables…”
Under User variables or System variables, click “New…”
Set:
- Variable name: EDITOR
- Variable value: vscode (for example)
Click OK → OK → OK to close all windows.
Restart any open terminals or apps to load the new variable.

EDITOR Variable to vscode using Linux (Manjaro)

Variable name: EDITOR
Variable value: vscode (for example)
To set the EDITOR environment variable in Linux (Manjaro) to use Visual Studio Code (VSCode), you need to:
Find the Path to VSCode:
If you installed VSCode from the official Manjaro repository or via Snap/Flatpak, it is usually available as the command code.
You can check its path by running:
bash

which code

Example output: /usr/bin/code

Set the EDITOR Variable Temporarily (for current terminal session):
bash

export EDITOR="code --wait"


- The `--wait` flag is important, as it tells VSCode to wait until you close the file before returning control to the terminal.
- **Set the EDITOR Variable Permanently:**

- Open your shell profile in an editor (e.g. `.bashrc`, `.zshrc`, or `.profile` depending on your shell):

bash

kate ~/.bashrc

or for zsh:

kate ~/.zshrc

Add the following line at the end:
bash

export EDITOR="code --wait"

- Save and exit, then reload your profile:
bash

source ~/.bashrc

or bash

source ~/.zshrc

**Summary:**
- Find VSCode’s path: `which code`
- Add `export EDITOR="code --wait"` to your shell profile
- Reload your profile or restart the terminal
Now, when you use commands that open the default editor (like `git commit` or `crontab -e`), VSCode will be used.
echo $EDITOR
code --wait

closing since this is documented better now

feat: active hours + idle detection gates for session-guardian (anoma…

Merge pull request anomalyco#413 from different-ai/task/ux-improvemen…

Navigation Menu

Repository navigation

Editor Open Error in Windows #413

EDITOR Variable to vscode using Linux (Manjaro)

Metadata

Assignees

Labels

Type

Projects

Milestone

Relationships

Development

Editor Open Error in Windows #413

Description

Activity

cravenceiling commented on Jun 26, 2025

Jimit-MTPL commented on Jun 26, 2025

QDaed commented on Jun 26, 2025

cravenceiling commented on Jun 26, 2025

sl5net commented on Jul 5, 2025

EDITOR Variable to vscode using Linux (Manjaro)

rekram1-node commented on Oct 21, 2025

Metadata

Metadata

Assignees

Labels

Type

Projects

Milestone

Relationships

Development

Issue actions