diff --git a/sack b/sack
index be9aae2..c0da78f 100755
--- a/sack
+++ b/sack
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ process_shorcut_paths() {
     # Using : as the delimiter here should be fine, because : is not used in file names
     awk -F':' '
     {
-        print $2 " " $1;
+        print $2 ";" $1;
     };'
 }
 
@@ -152,8 +152,17 @@ create_shortcut_cmd() {
     # The following literally writes the shorcut command and makes it executable
     sack__shortcut_cmd_path=~/bin/$sack__shortcut_cmd
     echo "#!/bin/bash" > $sack__shortcut_cmd_path
-    echo "sack__vim_shortcut=\$(sed -n \"\$1p\" < $sack__shortcut_file)" >> $sack__shortcut_cmd_path
-    echo "$sack__default_editor +\$sack__vim_shortcut" >> $sack__shortcut_cmd_path
+    echo "OIFS=\$IFS" >> $sack__shortcut_cmd_path
+    echo "IFS=';'" >> $sack__shortcut_cmd_path
+    echo "read -a sack__editor_shortcut <<< \"\$(sed -n \"\$1p\" < $sack__shortcut_file)\"" >> $sack__shortcut_cmd_path
+    echo "IFS=\$OIFS" >> $sack__shortcut_cmd_path
+
+    if [[ $sack__default_editor == vi* ]] || [[ $sack__default_editor == emacs* ]]; then
+        echo "$sack__default_editor +\${sack__editor_shortcut[0]} \${sack__editor_shortcut[1]}" >> $sack__shortcut_cmd_path
+    elif [[ $sack__default_editor == subl* ]]; then
+        echo "$sack__default_editor \${sack__editor_shortcut[1]}:\${sack__editor_shortcut[0]} &" >> $sack__shortcut_cmd_path
+    fi
+
     chmod +x $sack__shortcut_cmd_path
 }