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Originally Posted by BetterRed
I'd like to know what the 'quantifiable downsides' are for using Open with for all invocations of external programs on all file types?
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We're clearly talking at odds with each other. I've never claimed there are downsides for using Open With for all invocations of external programs on all file types. Only that there are downsides to launching PageEdit on the opf file instead using the External XHtml editor to open PageEdit.
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Originally Posted by BetterRed
There's a Preference setting labelled "Set your preferred external xhtml editor:" — that suggests to me that the feature was never intended to be used on opf files.
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Neither Open With nor External xHTML editor were intended to be used on OPF files. When you Launch PageEdit on the OPF, it doesn't actually open the OPF, right? It opens PageEdit with all xHTML files available in the drop-down list, to preview, proof-read, copy-edit. That's exactly the same thing that happens when you set PageEdit as the external xhtml editor (by putting the path to the PageEdit binary in the preference setting). Only that way has the advantage of PageEdit opening to the xhtml file that's currently open in Sigil (and with the cursor in the same place it was in the xhtml file open Sigil if you're using Sigil 2.5 or higher).
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Originally Posted by BetterRed
The corresponding shortcut is labelled "Launch External Xhtml Editor", but I can't see an equivalent in the menu bar drop downs.
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There is no equivalent in the menu dropdowns. It's a toolbar button. I didn't mention it it because you always prefer keyboard shortcuts.
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Originally Posted by BetterRed
When I press F9 with an xhtml file in Codeview nothing happens, i.e. Notepad++ doesn't open. If I select Notepad++ in Open With on the same xhtml file in the Book browser, et voila it opens.
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What's F9 got to do with it? The default shortcut for launching the configured external xHTML Editor is F2. And if you had the path to the PageEdit binary in the External xHTML Editor box in the Sigil's preference settings, hitting the keyboard shortcut for External xHTML editor would open PageEdit with all the epub's xhtml files available for whatever you want to do with them (with the one already open in Sigil's Code View having the current focus).
But I'm done here. I'm not sure why I'm not being understood, but clearly, nothing I add is helping with that comprehension. So have a nice day. And I'm glad you're satisfied with how things are working for you.