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BetterRed · 12-17-2016, 01:36 AM

@Chris_Snow - my Open with for Sigil (shift+'S') stopped working shortly after Kovid gave calibre it's own Open With in Version 2.21. I cursed, but soon discovered it was it was entirely my own doing. I had upgraded Sigil to a later version - and unwittingly from 32 to 64 bit so the path was wrong in the PI customisation.

But I took the opportunity of trying the new built in Open With, it works more like an OS Open With (but better, than Windows at least), where you configure each file type (format) separately. Below you see my Open With list for ePUBs, all I had to do was to point calibre at the relevant programs.

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The built in version doesn't suit everyone because there's no "Open With" toolbar button to click. But if you're not into clicking toolbar icons it's worth a try.

Some folks use the Open with PI as an arbitrary program launcher, but I discovered that I wasn't doing anything with the Open with PI that I couldn't do just as readily with the built in Open With so I removed the PI.. And that eliminated my confusion of having Open With and Open with choices in Preferences->Keyboard. A single letter case switch is far too subtle for me

BR

12-17-2016, 01:36 AM	#7
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,759 Karma: 30237526 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@Chris_Snow - my Open with for Sigil (shift+'S') stopped working shortly after Kovid gave calibre it's own Open With in Version 2.21. I cursed, but soon discovered it was it was entirely my own doing. I had upgraded Sigil to a later version - and unwittingly from 32 to 64 bit so the path was wrong in the PI customisation. But I took the opportunity of trying the new built in Open With, it works more like an OS Open With (but better, than Windows at least), where you configure each file type (format) separately. Below you see my Open With list for ePUBs, all I had to do was to point calibre at the relevant programs. The built in version doesn't suit everyone because there's no "Open With" toolbar button to click. But if you're not into clicking toolbar icons it's worth a try. Some folks use the Open with PI as an arbitrary program launcher, but I discovered that I wasn't doing anything with the Open with PI that I couldn't do just as readily with the built in Open With so I removed the PI.. And that eliminated my confusion of having Open With and Open with choices in Preferences->Keyboard. A single letter case switch is far too subtle for me BR