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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a9269bb..0fb3853 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ height = 760
 [kitty_graphics]
 enabled = true
 
+[scrollback]
+editor_command = "vi {file}"
+
 [keybindings]
 navigate_left = "ALT+H"
 navigate_down = "ALT+J"
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ new_floating = "ALT+SHIFT+F"
 next_floating = "ALT+F12"
 close_pane = "ALT+X"
 open_font_selector = "ALT+T"
+open_scrollback = "ALT+S"
 ```
 
 ## Defaults
@@ -73,5 +77,6 @@ open_font_selector = "ALT+T"
 - `Alt+F12`: cycle floating panes
 - `Alt+x`: close the active floating pane
 - `Alt+t`: open the font selector
+- `Alt+s`: open the active pane scrollback in `$EDITOR`
 - Font default: `JetBrainsMono Nerd Font`
 - Kitty graphics protocol parsing is enabled by default
diff --git a/config.example.toml b/config.example.toml
index 4f262c9..8e172df 100644
--- a/config.example.toml
+++ b/config.example.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ height = 760
 [kitty_graphics]
 enabled = true
 
+[scrollback]
+editor_command = "vi {file}"
+
 [keybindings]
 navigate_left = "ALT+H"
 navigate_down = "ALT+J"
@@ -23,3 +26,4 @@ new_floating = "ALT+SHIFT+F"
 next_floating = "ALT+F12"
 close_pane = "ALT+X"
 open_font_selector = "ALT+T"
+open_scrollback = "ALT+S"
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/AppConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/AppConfig.java
index af6f1e1..745a494 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/AppConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/AppConfig.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public record AppConfig(
         double windowWidth,
         double windowHeight,
         boolean kittyGraphics,
+        String scrollbackEditorCommand,
         Map<String, KeyBinding> keybindings
 ) {
     private static final List<String> KEYBINDING_KEYS = List.of(
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ public record AppConfig(
             "new_floating",
             "next_floating",
             "close_pane",
-            "open_font_selector"
+            "open_font_selector",
+            "open_scrollback"
     );
 
     public static AppConfig load() {
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ public record AppConfig(
                     doubleValue(document, "window.width", defaults.windowWidth),
                     doubleValue(document, "window.height", defaults.windowHeight),
                     booleanValue(document, "kitty_graphics.enabled", defaults.kittyGraphics),
+                    stringValue(document, "scrollback.editor_command", defaults.scrollbackEditorCommand),
                     keybindings(document, defaults)
             );
         } catch (TomlException ex) {
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ public record AppConfig(
                 1200.0,
                 760.0,
                 true,
+                defaultScrollbackEditorCommand(),
                 Map.of(
                         "navigate_left", KeyBinding.parse("ALT+H"),
                         "navigate_down", KeyBinding.parse("ALT+J"),
@@ -87,7 +91,8 @@ public record AppConfig(
                         "new_floating", KeyBinding.parse("ALT+SHIFT+F"),
                         "next_floating", KeyBinding.parse("ALT+F12"),
                         "close_pane", KeyBinding.parse("ALT+X"),
-                        "open_font_selector", KeyBinding.parse("ALT+T")
+                        "open_font_selector", KeyBinding.parse("ALT+T"),
+                        "open_scrollback", KeyBinding.parse("ALT+S")
                 )
         );
     }
@@ -103,6 +108,7 @@ public record AppConfig(
                 windowWidth,
                 windowHeight,
                 kittyGraphics,
+                scrollbackEditorCommand,
                 keybindings
         );
     }
@@ -123,6 +129,14 @@ public record AppConfig(
         return "/bin/bash";
     }
 
+    private static String defaultScrollbackEditorCommand() {
+        String editor = System.getenv("EDITOR");
+        if (editor == null || editor.isBlank()) {
+            editor = "vi";
+        }
+        return editor.trim() + " {file}";
+    }
+
     private static Map<String, KeyBinding> keybindings(TomlTable table, AppConfig defaults) {
         Map<String, KeyBinding> parsed = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         for (String key : KEYBINDING_KEYS) {
@@ -167,6 +181,8 @@ public record AppConfig(
         builder.append("height = ").append(trimDouble(windowHeight)).append("\n\n");
         builder.append("[kitty_graphics]\n");
         builder.append("enabled = ").append(kittyGraphics).append("\n\n");
+        builder.append("[scrollback]\n");
+        builder.append("editor_command = ").append(quoted(scrollbackEditorCommand)).append("\n\n");
         builder.append("[keybindings]\n");
         for (String key : KEYBINDING_KEYS) {
             KeyBinding binding = keybindings.get(key);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/Main.java b/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/Main.java
index c2ac771..a4c8816 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/Main.java
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
 import javafx.scene.text.Font;
 import javafx.stage.Stage;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
 public final class Main extends Application {
     private TerminalWorkspace workspace;
     private TerminalCanvasView terminalView;
@@ -79,6 +83,9 @@ public final class Main extends Application {
         } else if (config.keybindings().get("open_font_selector").matches(event)) {
             openFontSelector();
             event.consume();
+        } else if (config.keybindings().get("open_scrollback").matches(event)) {
+            openScrollbackInEditor();
+            event.consume();
         } else {
             String encoded = KeyEncoder.encode(event);
             if (encoded != null) {
@@ -143,6 +150,34 @@ public final class Main extends Application {
                 });
     }
 
+    private void openScrollbackInEditor() {
+        try {
+            Path file = Files.createTempFile("jprototerm-scrollback-", ".txt");
+            Files.writeString(file, workspace.activePane().scrollbackText());
+            file.toFile().deleteOnExit();
+
+            workspace.activePane().send(scrollbackEditorCommand(file) + "\r");
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            System.err.println("Could not open scrollback in editor: " + ex.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private String scrollbackEditorCommand(Path file) {
+        String quotedFile = shellQuote(file.toString());
+        String command = config.scrollbackEditorCommand();
+        if (command == null || command.isBlank()) {
+            command = "vi {file}";
+        }
+        if (command.contains("{file}")) {
+            return command.replace("{file}", quotedFile);
+        }
+        return command + " " + quotedFile;
+    }
+
+    private static String shellQuote(String value) {
+        return "'" + value.replace("'", "'\"'\"'") + "'";
+    }
+
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         System.setProperty("prism.order", System.getProperty("prism.order", "es2,sw"));
         launch(Main.class, args);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/TerminalPane.java b/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/TerminalPane.java
index 3166f10..16fb371 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/TerminalPane.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/TerminalPane.java
@@ -115,6 +115,12 @@ public final class TerminalPane implements AutoCloseable {
         return renderSnapshot.get();
     }
 
+    public String scrollbackText() {
+        synchronized (terminal) {
+            return terminal.text();
+        }
+    }
+
     public long renderVersion() {
         return renderVersion;
     }