the leoSettings is supposed to be: @string external_editor='blahblah.exe'
but it doesn't seem to have an effect on my computer. Or it's being overwritten by something else. (see http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.leo.general/14362, https://leo-editor.readthedocs.org/en/latest/_modules/leo/core/leoGlobals.html#guessExternalEditor" c and c.config.getString('external_editor'))" ---- however, getting back to why the np++ isn't being substituted. What your looking for is "image file execution options", and all it takes is editing a registry key: https://code.google.com/p/maphew/source/browse/other/replace_notepad_with_notepad2.reg https://code.google.com/p/maphew/source/browse/other/OpenWithNotepad.reg cheers, -matt On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 3:34 AM, Matt Wilkie <map...@gmail.com> wrote: > Leo will respect the LEO_EDITOR and EDITOR environment variable. IIRC it > can be just the name, if in PATH, or fully qualified. There's also a > myLeoSettings for it, that I'll try and dig up. > > And from "quickstart.leo: Using your favorite editor to edit nodes". > > You can also change the external editor directly from Leo by > executing this as a Leo script: > > g.app.db['LEO_EDITOR'] = "gvim" > > which changes the r-click menu "Edit with.." entry. > > > > > On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Fidel N <fidelpe...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Ye sounds like a bug report to me too. Will do tomorrow. >> After replacing "notepad" for the full path to "notepad++" still opens >> windows notepad, so no solution yet, but its not such an urgent matter, >> guess Edward will solve this easily when he is back from holiday hehe. >> Cheers. >> >> >> On Monday, September 2, 2013 7:00:35 PM UTC+2, Fidel N wrote: >>> >>> Hi: >>> >>> I have been searching for an hour how to set the editor to Notepad++ >>> instead of Windows default notepad, and I just cant find how to. Searched >>> for "editor" in leosettings, leopyref and in groups without sucess. >>> Could anyone point me towards the place to do that? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "leo-editor" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.