diff --git a/crates/ark/src/lsp/editor.rs b/crates/ark/src/lsp/editor.rs
index e068672d4..e023d22fb 100644
--- a/crates/ark/src/lsp/editor.rs
+++ b/crates/ark/src/lsp/editor.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use harp::vector::CharacterVector;
 use harp::vector::Vector;
 use libR_sys::*;
+use stdext::unwrap;
 use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
 use tower_lsp::lsp_types::ShowDocumentParams;
 use tower_lsp::lsp_types::Url;
@@ -19,13 +20,25 @@ unsafe extern "C" fn ps_editor(file: SEXP, _title: SEXP) -> SEXP {
     let rt = Runtime::new().unwrap();
     let globals = R_CALLBACK_GLOBALS.as_ref().unwrap();
     let files = CharacterVector::new_unchecked(file);
+
     for file in files.iter() {
         if let Some(file) = file {
             rt.block_on(async move {
+                let uri = Url::from_file_path(&file);
+
+                let uri = unwrap!(uri, Err(_) => {
+                    // The R side of this handles most issues, but we don't want to panic
+                    // if some unknown file path slips through.
+                    // `from_file_path()` doesn't return `Display`able errors, so we
+                    // can't necessarily give a good reason.
+                    log::error!("Can't open file at '{}'.", file);
+                    return;
+                });
+
                 globals
                     .lsp_client
                     .show_document(ShowDocumentParams {
-                        uri: Url::from_file_path(file).unwrap(),
+                        uri,
                         external: Some(false),
                         take_focus: Some(true),
                         selection: None,
@@ -36,5 +49,5 @@ unsafe extern "C" fn ps_editor(file: SEXP, _title: SEXP) -> SEXP {
         }
     }
 
-    file
+    R_NilValue
 }
diff --git a/crates/ark/src/modules/private/options.R b/crates/ark/src/modules/private/options.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a94998a6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ark/src/modules/private/options.R
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#
+# options.R
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2023 Posit Software, PBC. All rights reserved.
+#
+#
+
+handler_editor <- function(file, title, ..., name = NULL) {
+    # `file.edit()` calls this as `editor(file = file, title = title)`
+    # `edit()` calls this as `editor(name = name, file = file, title = title)`
+
+    if (!is.null(name)) {
+        stop("Editing objects is not currently supported.", call. = FALSE)
+    }
+
+    if (identical(file, "")) {
+        # i.e. `edit()` with no arguments. Also `file.edit("")`.
+        # Opens a temporary file for editing.
+        file <- tempfile(fileext = ".txt")
+    }
+
+    file <- as.character(file)
+    title <- as.character(title)
+
+    # Get absolute path to file
+    file <- normalizePath(file, mustWork = FALSE)
+
+    # Make sure the requested files exist, creating them if they don't
+    ensure_file(file)
+
+    # Edit those files.
+    .ps.Call("ps_editor", file, title)
+
+    invisible()
+}
diff --git a/crates/ark/src/modules/private/tools.R b/crates/ark/src/modules/private/tools.R
index 1ca191717..8a22ec997 100644
--- a/crates/ark/src/modules/private/tools.R
+++ b/crates/ark/src/modules/private/tools.R
@@ -14,13 +14,69 @@
 }
 
 ensure_directory <- function(path) {
-    dir.create(path, showWarnings = FALSE, recursive = TRUE)
+    exists <- dir.exists(path)
+
+    if (all(exists)) {
+        # Nothing to do if they all exist
+        return(invisible())
+    }
+
+    path <- path[!exists]
+
+    # Try to create missing ones (`dir.create()` isn't vectorized)
+    for (elt in path) {
+        dir.create(elt, showWarnings = FALSE, recursive = TRUE)
+    }
+
+    exists <- dir.exists(path)
+
+    if (all(exists)) {
+        # Nothing left to do if the missing ones were successfully created
+        return(invisible())
+    }
+
+    path <- path[!exists]
+    path <- encodeString(path, quote = "\"")
+    path <- paste0(path, collapse = ", ")
+
+    stop("Can't create the directory at: ", path, call. = FALSE)
 }
 
 ensure_parent_directory <- function(path) {
     ensure_directory(dirname(path))
 }
 
+ensure_file <- function(path) {
+    exists <- file.exists(path)
+
+    if (all(exists)) {
+        # All files exist already, nothing to do
+        return(invisible())
+    }
+
+    path <- path[!exists]
+
+    # Create parent directories as needed
+    ensure_parent_directory(path)
+
+    # Try to create the missing files
+    file.create(path, showWarnings = FALSE)
+
+    exists <- file.exists(path)
+
+    if (all(exists)) {
+        # We successfully created the new files and can detect
+        # their existance
+        return(invisible())
+    }
+
+    path <- path[!exists]
+    path <- encodeString(path, quote = "\"")
+    path <- paste0(path, collapse = ", ")
+
+    stop("Can't create the files at: ", path, call. = FALSE)
+}
+
 # Checks if a package is installed without loading it.
 # Could be slow on network drives.
 is_installed <- function(pkg, minimum_version = NULL) {
diff --git a/crates/ark/src/modules/public/options.R b/crates/ark/src/modules/public/options.R
index db28e94a8..a3a4b4d2b 100644
--- a/crates/ark/src/modules/public/options.R
+++ b/crates/ark/src/modules/public/options.R
@@ -12,16 +12,8 @@ options(max.print = 1000)
 options(help_type = "html")
 
 # Use internal editor
-options(editor = function(file, title, ...) {
-
-    # Make sure the requested files exist.
-    file <- as.character(path.expand(file))
-    ensure_parent_directory(file)
-    file.create(file[!file.exists(file)])
-
-    # Edit those files.
-    .ps.Call("ps_editor", as.character(file), as.character(title))
-
+options(editor = function(file, title, ..., name = NULL) {
+    handler_editor(file = file, title = title, ..., name = name)
 })
 
 # Use custom browser implementation