On 8/16/19 3:04 PM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > > On 16.08.19 18:08, Paul A. Rubin wrote: >> On 8/16/19 11:30 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: >>> >>> On 16.08.19 17:13, Daniel wrote: >>>> On 2019-08-16 07:18, Anders Ekberg wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 2019Aug15, at 22:16, Daniel <xraco...@gmx.de> 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. >>>>> >>>>> Anders >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> I managed to get LyX to work with the default application by just >>>> using the command "open" (without quotes) as Custom Editor. >>>> >>>> Daniel >>> >>> Daniel, this is for MacOS? Could somebody describe how to do if not >>> MacOS and not Windows? Is it described somewhere? >>> >>> Wolfgang >>> >> Wolfgang: You are on Linux, correct? The menu sequence I specified >> above (Tools > Preferences > File Formats > LaTeX (plain) > Editor) >> is how you do it for Linux. If your editor does not appear in the >> drop-down list, you select "Custom" and put the command to run the >> editor in the box next to the word Custom. >> >> Paul >> > Thanks, Paul!
On many platforms, xdg-open will open the file in your default editor for that type of file. We decided not to include this as an option, though, due (I think) to security concerns. Riki
