Short script to open a named python module in your EDITOR

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#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
import imp
import os

def edit_module(module_name):
	path = imp.find_module(module_name)[1]
	editor = os.environ.get("EDITOR", "emacs -nw")
	cmd = "{0} {1}".format(editor, path)
	os.system(cmd)

if __name__=="__main__":
	module_name = sys.argv[1]
	edit_module(module_name)