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<ins> //go:build !windows // +build !windows /* Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. */ package editor import ( "errors" "fmt" "os" "os/exec" "path/filepath" "strings" "k8s.io/klog/v2" "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/term" ) func (e Editor) args(path string) []string { args := make([]string, len(e.Args)) copy(args, e.Args) if e.Shell { last := args[len(args)-1] args[len(args)-1] = fmt.Sprintf("%s %q", last, path) } else { args = append(args, path) } return args } // Launch opens the described or returns an error. The TTY will be protected, and // SIGQUIT, SIGTERM, and SIGINT will all be trapped. func (e Editor) Launch(path string) error { if len(e.Args) == 0 { return fmt.Errorf("no editor defined, can't open %s", path) } abs, err := filepath.Abs(path) if err != nil { return err } args := e.args(abs) cmd := exec.Command(args[0], args[1:]...) cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin klog.V(5).Infof("Opening file with editor %v", args) if err := (term.TTY{In: os.Stdin, TryDev: true}).Safe(cmd.Run); err != nil { if errors.Is(err, exec.ErrNotFound) { return fmt.Errorf("unable to launch the editor %q", strings.Join(e.Args, " ")) } return fmt.Errorf("there was a problem with the editor %q", strings.Join(e.Args, " ")) } return nil } </ins>

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In case anyone wants an answer, it needs two things: (or ) into system PATH environment variable EDITOR=notepad2 -w (or EDITOR=code -w)
Currently there is no way how to pass path with spaces on Windows with or environment variables. Pull Request addresses this issue. With the fix, you would be able to specify the following: and when is in your , you could do as well: or (this is current workaround for the problem)