# Opening current REPL input in editor (Alt-e shortcut) doesn't work properly
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/opening-current-repl-input-in-editor-alt-e-shortcut-doesnt-work-properly/100090
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** repl
**Created:** [June 9, 2023, 9:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/opening-current-repl-input-in-editor-alt-e-shortcut-doesnt-work-properly/100090 "2023-06-09T09:27:26Z")
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### Author:  [@ultrapoci](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ultrapoci)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2023, 9:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/opening-current-repl-input-in-editor-alt-e-shortcut-doesnt-work-properly/100090/1 "2023-06-09T09:27:26Z")
I’m using Windows 11 and Julia 1.9.1 and I’m trying the new feature from 1.9 which enables you to press Alt-e to open the current REPL input into an editor, modify the code and upon closing the editor, the code is executed in the REPL. I’m having problems tho.
If I use Alt-e in a VSCode terminal, nothing happens.
If I use Alt-e in a detached terminal, I get prompted by Windows to choose an editor. If I choose VScode, I get the file opened, but there’s no content, and closing the file (with or without saving) doesn’t execute anything in the REPL. If I instead choose the Windows Notepad, it says that the file doesn’t exist and it asks me if I want to create it. Am I doing something wrong?
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### Author:  [@albheim](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/albheim)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/opening-current-repl-input-in-editor-alt-e-shortcut-doesnt-work-properly/100090/2 "2023-06-09T15:17:18Z")
Does the `@edit` macro work for you? Maybe some good info in the docstring there? On the phone so haven’t checked.
I think you have to set some environment variable so Julia knows which one to choose. Feels like vscode should maybe do this by default, but maybe there is a setting for it?
I assume this creates some kind of temporary or fake file, which maybe notepad doesn’t like?