/**
 * @license
 * Copyright 2025 Steven Roussey <sroussey@gmail.com>
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */
export type EditInEditorResult = {
    readonly status: "saved";
    readonly content: string;
} | {
    readonly status: "unchanged";
} | {
    readonly status: "editor_error";
    readonly message: string;
};
export interface ParsedEditorCommand {
    readonly executable: string;
    readonly args: readonly string[];
}
/**
 * Shell command prefix for opening a file (same precedence as git: GIT_EDITOR, VISUAL, EDITOR).
 */
export declare function getEditorCommand(): string;
export declare function parseEditorCommand(command: string): ParsedEditorCommand;
/**
 * Writes `initialContent` to a temp file, launches the user's editor, then reads the file back.
 * Same idea as `git commit`: unchanged buffer ⇒ cancel; non-zero editor exit ⇒ error.
 */
export declare function editStringInExternalEditor(initialContent: string, tempBasename: string): EditInEditorResult;