Automatically open editor when opening a file?

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Robert

22 Feb, 2018 06:26 PM

I've search the support forums and couldn't find a Q/A that tells if this is possible...

Is there a way to configure M2 to automatically open my preferred editor (in my case, it's MacVim) whenever I open a document? I almost always want to make changes to a document and am constantly having to type cmd + E when opening documents. It would be nice if there were a preference to do cmd + E automatically each time I open a file. Thanks.

  1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Brett on 23 Feb, 2018 12:10 AM

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    It's not currently an option, though I made it possible with Scrivener
    documents (automatically open Scrivener when a Scrivener project is
    loaded), so I'm not entirely against adding the option. In my personal
    workflow I'm not always editing a document I'm previewing in Marked, so
    it doesn't make sense to force another app to open with every file. I'd
    be wary of it because options like that inevitably result in users
    unwittingly enabling it and then filing support requests asking why
    their editor keeps launching... but I'd take it under further
    consideration.

    -Brett

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