That is an excellent tip! I can't say how many times I've cut and pasted source into BBEdit from FF!
THANKS! On Mar 13, 2:37 pm, Ashmi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have set the path to /Applications/BBEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/ > > > BBEdit BBedit opens (an extra bbedit icon appears in the dock even > > > though bbedit is already running) but nothing happens, i.e. no new > > > blank window, no source, nothing. There is a Firefox option to supply > > > arguments (view_source.editor.args). Does BBedit need any arguments > > > to get this to work correctly? > > [snip] > > > Why are you not using the bbedit command-line tool? Mac OS X application > > executables almost never pay any attention to their command-line arguments. > > > man bbedit > > in the Terminal. > > > — F > > Because I had no idea! Thank you, Fritz. Working perfectly now. No > need for arguments in the command line tool either, unless one wants > to get "fancy". Google searches come up with the correct solution > only if you know that command line tools are involved in the first > place! Thanks again, Fritz. > > For posterity's sake, here is the correct way to accomplish "view > source" in Firefox with BBedit on a Mac / OSX. > > 1) In bbedit: install command line tools > 2) In Firefox: about:config > 3) set view_source.editor.external to True > 4) set view_source.editor.path to /usr/bin/bbedit > 5) keep view_source.editor.path blank or set to --separate-windows if > you want each source opened in a separate window -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group.
