diff --git a/tv/5pkgs/simple/editor-input.nix b/tv/5pkgs/simple/editor-input.nix
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+++ b/tv/5pkgs/simple/editor-input.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ pkgs }:
+pkgs.writeDashBin "editor-input" ''
+  exec \
+  ${pkgs.utillinux}/bin/setsid -f \
+  ${pkgs.with-tmpdir}/bin/with-tmpdir -t editor-input.XXXXXXXX \
+  ${pkgs.writeDash "editor-input.sh" ''
+    f=$TMPDIR/input
+    ${pkgs.rxvt_unicode}/bin/urxvt -name editor-input-urxvt -e \
+       ${pkgs.vim}/bin/vim --cmd ':set noeol binary' -c startinsert "$f"
+    if test -e "$f"; then
+      ${pkgs.xsel}/bin/xsel -ip < "$f"
+      ${pkgs.xsel}/bin/xsel -ib < "$f"
+      ${pkgs.xdotool}/bin/xdotool key --clearmodifiers shift+Insert
+      ${pkgs.xsel}/bin/xsel -dp
+      ${pkgs.xsel}/bin/xsel -db
+    fi
+  ''}
+''