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External text editor in Mac OS X

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Topic: External text editor in Mac OS X

Posted By: stevek
Subject: External text editor in Mac OS X
Date Posted: 20.Nov.2009 at 15:38

Question: How do I use an external text editor in Mac OS X?

Explanation:
The default external editor command line for Mac OS X in MetaEdit+ is textedit.app %1, but this no longer works in current versions of Mac OS X.

Solution(s):
Change Options... | http://www.metacase.com/support/45/manuals/meplus/Mp-3_1_3.html#_Ref460324173 - Editor command to: open -W -n -t "%1". This will cause it to use your default text editor, initially TextEdit. After editing the text, press Apple+S to save and Apple+Q to quit TextEdit. Note that you need to quit the whole TextEdit application; just closing the window leaves the TextEdit application open in the dock, and MetaEdit+ does not know that the editing has finished. The full semantics of the parameters for the OS X open command are described in the http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/open.1.html - open man page .

Here is the link to this FAQ: http://www.metacase.com/faq/search.asp?Search=external+text+editor - Click here