Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] virsh edit command

> I actually started at one point on a graphical libvirt XML editor, > although I fairly quickly realised it would be a Sisyphean task > because the format isn't tremendously well defined[1] and it keeps > changing. Also because there's a lot of overlap between virt-install > and (potential) virt-config-editor. > > I do genuinely think that having 'virsh edit' is better than the > current situation. Currently the advice that everyone gives is to do: > > virsh dumpxml foo > foo.xml > vi foo.xml > virsh define foo.xml > > which is of course precisely the same as what 'virsh edit' does :-) Yes, I think this command is worthwhile adding. We should also try to address the problem that John raises too, but I see that as a parallel task - and a far more involved piece of work to undertake :-)