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 CH> My specific short term goal is to spawn (?  maybe exec?) a 

Use system(), unless you have a real need for the others. The system()
function is a) easy to use, and b) ANSI.

 CH> text editor, pass on to it text data from the calling 
 CH> program, allow user to edit same, and return the edited 
 CH> text to the calling program.  I realise that this may prove 
 CH> different for each editor, but are there some general 
 CH> methods i can use?

The general method would be to write the text to a temporary file, and
call the editor with the filename as a parameter. That will work with
almost all editors, and in any environment; and it's simple to do.

 CH> Also, what would be the best format to pass such information?

Plain text.

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