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philja · 06-17-2026, 12:47 PM

My attention was caught by Odamizu's post about a problem with external editors on Mac (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...57&postcount=4), and I thought I'd see how it works in Linux.

I never use an external editor in Sigil, but last year I did install PageEdit and gave it a whirl to see how it went. I didn't persist with it, but during testing, I did register it in Preferences > General > set your preferred external xhtml editor.

So in Sigil 2.8.0 I quickly checked, and PageEdit was still listed in the Preferences, so I right-clicked on a file in the Browser and selected 'Open With...'

I was surprised to receive a system-generated list of possible applications in /.local/share/applications/. There was no offer of the designated preference, namely PageEdit. Of course, once located and selected, subsequent right-clicks of 'Open With...' did list PageEdit.

I know the External Editor ToolBar icon launches PageEdit ok but I would have thought that a right-click in the Browser would, in the first instance, also link to the preferred external editor, if one had been designated in the Preferences.

Is this something that should be considered?

06-17-2026, 12:47 PM	#1
philja Addict Posts: 372 Karma: 518 Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Europe EEC Device: Kindle Fire HD6 & HD8	Open with an external editor My attention was caught by Odamizu's post about a problem with external editors on Mac (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...57&postcount=4), and I thought I'd see how it works in Linux. I never use an external editor in Sigil, but last year I did install PageEdit and gave it a whirl to see how it went. I didn't persist with it, but during testing, I did register it in Preferences > General > set your preferred external xhtml editor. So in Sigil 2.8.0 I quickly checked, and PageEdit was still listed in the Preferences, so I right-clicked on a file in the Browser and selected 'Open With...' I was surprised to receive a system-generated list of possible applications in /.local/share/applications/. There was no offer of the designated preference, namely PageEdit. Of course, once located and selected, subsequent right-clicks of 'Open With...' did list PageEdit. I know the External Editor ToolBar icon launches PageEdit ok but I would have thought that a right-click in the Browser would, in the first instance, also link to the preferred external editor, if one had been designated in the Preferences. Is this something that should be considered?