Access to editor2 from v1.0.0.3

[StarBrat]

For the life of me, i can't accees editor2 in "View" mode ... nothing will do.
No problem with "Edit" mode... I'm very sure i have the right path and syntax in "Tools > Options", i've tried with and without the /V option, no go!

Anobody with the same problem (or a pointer..)?

[fgagnon]

F3 should open the selected file in Editor2 in view mode from xplorer2.
Ctrl+F4 should open the selected file in Editor2 in edit mode from xplorer2.

There are some conditions where, if you have been using Editor2 in one mode, it will "remember" that mode and open in the same mode unless you explicitly force /e or /v on the commandline -- so it's good to remember that F6 toggles between Edit & View modes in Editor2.

If, on General tab in the Tools | options dialog, you have specified the fullpath\filename to editor2 or another editor (along with the relevant commandline "switches") then the specified editor will be invoked as follows:
Ctrl+F3 will open the selected file with the spec. editor in whatever mode you have set with commandline switch(es) on "Viewer" line
F4 will open the selected file with the spec. editor in whatever mode you have set with commandline switch(es) on "Editor" line.

btw - You may prefer to use a hyphen "-" instead of a slash "/" for the switch prefix to preserve the ability to browse to the executable's folder location with the [...] button in the dialog box

[StarBrat]

OK! well, ctrl-f3 works..., f6 works for switching modes within the editor .... but i still can't use the "View" button.
Explorer2 is the only file browser i use and Editor2 as my text editor of choice... so does it mean that i'm stuck with using ctrl-f3 and cannot use the "View" button?

Even after i've used ctrl-f3, i don't have access to Editor2 in View mode, it's not a "remembering" problem i think... your opinion?

btw.. thank you so much for your attention

[nikos]

have you changed the editor from tools | options?
if you clear that box all will come back to normal

[fgagnon]

StarBrat,
I have not been able to reproduce the behaviour you described above.
If (as nikos suggested), after clearing the Tools | Options Editor and Viewer commandline entries, you still cannot get Editor2 to just view with the View button (or plain F3 keystroke) please provide additional detail of your setup.
Operating System & version = ?
Resident apps/keycombo mapper?
other ?
(& if still using explicit Editor/Viewer commandline entries, exactly what are they?)

[StarBrat]

OK! ... i found the problem

When i installed Explorer2 v1.0.0.2, i didn't use the "default" installation path (i omitted the /zabkat/ part)... when i un-installed it and switched to v1.0.0.3, i did include it, but the registry value pointing to editor2 stayed the same (an installation bug?)

Anyways, all is good in the land of explorer 2 now

Thanks again for your attention

Great program, can't live without it

[fgagnon]

Actually not a bug at all.
x2 intentionally preserves user preference settings for future use ... & that is exactly what happened.
You just changed horses in the middle of the stream w/o realizing that the updated x2 would try to keep you on the first horse -- figurativley speaking.

PS - It might have helped to resolve your issue more quickly had you mentioned your installation history and the fact that x2 correctly found E2 on the prior install.

[dda]

I was looking for a place to ask this question and here it is!

I have been a long-time user of x2, and I have always used Editor2 only, therefore I set the szEditor2Path and relaxed.

Now I want to have quick acess to TextPad as well, so leaving szEditor2Path, as was, I set szExternalEditor to d:\TextPad\TextPad.exe and I set szExternalViewer to "d:\TextPad\TextPad.exe" -r

What I EXPECTED was:
F3 Editor2 View (as previously)
F4 Editor2 Edit (as previously)
Ctrl+F3 Textpad View
Ctrl+F4 Textpad Edit

but what I GOT was what you described above, with my expected F4 and Ctrl+F4 functions switched about.

A/ Isn't this odd behaviour? Doesn't it make sense that the Ctrl+ should be the "switch" to the external program?

B/ Is there any way of changing this behaviour? (suspect not).

Thanks,
DDA

[dda]

Sorry, I found this Topic via a search and didn't realise I was posting into the x2 lite forum.
I was referring to x2 Professional.
DDA

[nikos]

the external mappings are upside down
F3 = ed2
C+F3 = custom viewer
F4 = custom editor
C+F4 = ed2

you can't change this, sorry

btw i agree that the installer should remove the registry info for the program settings, since there are people that when they uninstall they don't want any settings left behind. I'll pass it on to the installer team