deleting menu items

IJ Park · 02-10-2025, 01:03 AM

Hello,

I clicked on the wrong external program connection and the menu keeps showing unnecessary program items. Please let me know how to delete them.
I reinstalled the sigil program, but the same problem still occurs.

rgds/IJ

askerkacagi · 02-10-2025, 04:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IJ Park

Hello,

I clicked on the wrong external program connection and the menu keeps showing unnecessary program items. Please let me know how to delete them.
I reinstalled the sigil program, but the same problem still occurs.

rgds/IJ

Hello,

Try Edit -> Preferences

And go to

Under the Basics tab "Set your preferred xhtml editor" clear and browse

click clear.

It could be might work.

BetterRed · 02-10-2025, 05:26 AM

When I did something similar I used brute force:

I opened the Preferences folder (button bottom left corner of Edit->Preferences)
Closed Sigil - !Important
Opened sigil.ini file in a text editor (in my case Notepad++)
Found the [open_with] entry and removed it completely
Saved the sigil.ini file
Started Sigil and added the programs I wanted into Open withs.

If you're using a recent Sigil version, edit sigil_v6.ini

BR

KevinH · 02-10-2025, 09:59 AM

FWIW ... I have now added a "Clear Editor List" menu item to the "Open With ..." menu in Sigil's BookBrowser and pushed those changes to Sigil master. They will appear in the next release.

I am really not sure this is needed since invoking this would be a very rare event. The current menu system automatically removes entries when applications are moved or deleted. It is a stack that keeps a list of the 5 most recently assigned editors.

If it turns out to be basically unused by most, we can revert to removing that menu option and users can go back to editing the sigil_v6.ini file with any good text editor when and if the need ever arises.

BetterRed · 02-10-2025, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevinH

. . .

The current menu system automatically removes entries when applications are moved or deleted. It is a stack that keeps a list of the 5 most recently assigned editors.

. . .

Just to clarify, that's 5 per file type, not 5 across all file types.

Right?

BR

KevinH · 02-10-2025, 03:54 PM

Yes 5 per file type. The new clear editor list works per file type as well.

Ie, the equivalent of removing editor_html or editor_image or etc, entries from the ini.

02-10-2025, 01:03 AM	#1
IJ Park Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2025 Device: macbook pro	deleting menu items Hello, I clicked on the wrong external program connection and the menu keeps showing unnecessary program items. Please let me know how to delete them. I reinstalled the sigil program, but the same problem still occurs. rgds/IJ Attached Thumbnails

02-10-2025, 05:26 AM	#3
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,485 Karma: 29303820 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	When I did something similar I used brute force: I opened the Preferences folder (button bottom left corner of Edit->Preferences) Closed Sigil - !Important Opened sigil.ini file in a text editor (in my case Notepad++) Found the [open_with] entry and removed it completely Saved the sigil.ini file Started Sigil and added the programs I wanted into Open withs. If you're using a recent Sigil version, edit sigil_v6.ini BR

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02-10-2025, 09:59 AM	#4
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,377 Karma: 5581842 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	FWIW ... I have now added a "Clear Editor List" menu item to the "Open With ..." menu in Sigil's BookBrowser and pushed those changes to Sigil master. They will appear in the next release. I am really not sure this is needed since invoking this would be a very rare event. The current menu system automatically removes entries when applications are moved or deleted. It is a stack that keeps a list of the 5 most recently assigned editors. If it turns out to be basically unused by most, we can revert to removing that menu option and users can go back to editing the sigil_v6.ini file with any good text editor when and if the need ever arises.

02-10-2025, 03:54 PM	#6
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,377 Karma: 5581842 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Yes 5 per file type. The new clear editor list works per file type as well. Ie, the equivalent of removing editor_html or editor_image or etc, entries from the ini.