# REPL open editor mode

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/repl-open-editor-mode/107446
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [December 11, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/repl-open-editor-mode/107446 "2023-12-11T14:29:23Z")
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### Author: ![johnh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/johnh/32/3615_2.png) [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/repl-open-editor-mode/107446/1 "2023-12-11T14:29:23Z")

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In the JuliaCon 2023 State of Julia talk the mode where the REPL can open your favourite $EDITOR was mentioned. I thought this was done using CTRL-E Did I misunderstand this?

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### Author: ![Liozou](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/liozou/32/35118_2.png) [@Liozou](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Liozou)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/repl-open-editor-mode/107446/2 "2023-12-11T15:27:37Z")

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No it’s Meta-E, it’s the last binding in the docs at [The Julia REPL · The Julia Language](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/stdlib/REPL/#Key-bindings). Although it doesn’t seem to work in VSCode for me.