But if you open a file in an external application you’ll still be switching windows, namely between pharo and the external application… What am I missing?
Cheers, Max On 19.09.2014, at 21:02, [email protected] wrote: > I had enough to switch between windows to work on external files. > > So, here is ExternalTools > > It adds some commands to the File Browser, allowing one to edit in the > $EDITOR (for me this is gvim) and another thing for opening the file > externally through xdg-open (which kind of opens about anything). > > Basically, one can extend this to whatever is needed. > > The only thing is that FileServices initialize needs to be called when a new > service is added if you create your own. > > This is Unix only and requires OSProcess to be loaded (use the > ConfigurationBrowser). > > Gofer it > url: 'http://www.smalltalkhub.com/mc/philippeback/HOExtras/main'; > package: 'HighOctane-Tools'; > load. > > Screenshot in attach. > > Doc here: https://gist.github.com/philippeback/8e8f8c6685bebf47f53f > > > Phil > > > <ExternalTools.png>
