> On 2019Aug15, at 22:16, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2019-08-15 07:07, Andrew Parsloe wrote: >> On 15/08/2019 1:28 PM, Daniel wrote: >>> On 2019-08-14 20:23, Paul A. Rubin wrote: >>>> On 8/14/19 7:35 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: >>>>> Me three :-)-O >>>>> >>>>> el >>>>> >>>>> On 14/08/2019 07:15, Daniel wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I just discovered the new feature to edit the preamble externally. >>>>>> However, I couldn't find where to set the editor for this of any >>>>>> documentation about it. On MacOS it opens XCode which asks me to >>>>>> install additional application or Quit. This renders the function >>>>>> pretty useless for me. I have set a different application as default >>>>>> for TeX files but LyX seems ignore this. How can I make LyX open my >>>>>> favorite editor? >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Daniel >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> Tools > Preferences > File Formats > LaTeX (plain) > Editor. >>>> >>>> Paul >>>> >>> >>> Thanks. So, I take it, there is no documentation of this. >>> >>> Next, question: how do I set a Custom editor then? I tried >>> "/Applications/texmaker.app" but nothing happens though "open >>> /Applications/texmaker.app" in the terminal works just fine. >>> >>> Daniel >>> >> Following Paul's response, I chose Custom and entered notepad++ (my >> preferred text editor) in the adjacent window. I've included C:\Program >> Files\Notepad++ (preceded and followed by semicolons) in the path string at >> Tools > Settings > Paths. It works (at least in windows). >> Andrew > Thanks for checking. Might be a macos bug then. > > Daniel Tried to get it to work on MacOS (with BBEdit, but didn’t succeed. I think what I get wrong is what to put in the path (tried bot Application and into the BBEdit package) and what to put in the command.
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