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Originally Posted by BetterRed
I thought it worth pointing out that Sigil provides a 'safe' way to:- "Manually edit files in Sigil's scratch directory with other software while Sigil has them open".
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Yes, it does. Sigil makes sure any outstanding changes in Sigil have been flushed to disk before opening the file in the external editor, and then monitors the externally opened scratch file for changes (QFileSystemWatcher) and makes sure the gui is updated with those changes when they are written. Neither of those things happen when manually opening the scratch directory and launching files in ones own external editor to make changes. Changes made (both externally and internally) could easily be lost when doing it without the assistance of Sigil's "Open With." feature.
Sorry, I thought you were suggesting that using the Open With feature was no different then manually editing files in Sigil's scratch directory with other software while Sigil has them open.