src/nnn.c | 11 +++++++----

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 790e66f15bd5fa3fd88a54a0353836d2a53060de..ec39df61cb68bef77351b1454d307d4395ad5251 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ #define F_MARKER   0x01  /* draw marker to indicate nnn spawned (e.g. shell) */
 #define F_NOWAIT   0x02  /* don't wait for child process (e.g. file manager) */
 #define F_NOTRACE  0x04  /* suppress stdout and strerr (no traces) */
 #define F_SIGINT   0x08  /* restore default SIGINT handler */
+#define F_EDITOR   0x10  /* spawn the editor */
 #define F_NORMAL   0x80  /* spawn child process in non-curses regular CLI mode */
 
 /* CRC8 macros */
@@ -1022,9 +1023,11 @@
 		DPRINTF_D(pid);
 		if (flag & F_NORMAL) {
 			refresh();
-			exitcurses();
-			fflush(stdout);
-			initcurses();
+			if (flag & F_EDITOR) {
+				exitcurses();
+				fflush(stdout);
+				initcurses();
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -1068,7 +1071,7 @@ 		g_buf[r + 1] = '\0';
 	}
 
 	DPRINTF_S(g_buf);
-	spawn("sh", "-c", g_buf, path, F_NORMAL);
+	spawn("sh", "-c", g_buf, path, F_NORMAL | F_EDITOR);
 	return TRUE;
 }