[arachne] Re: setup EXTERNAL EDITOR

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 In Arachne press O, choose Preferences and Performance.  Bottom right of
page type in path of external editor.  Save, now every F4 uses external
editor.

  Cal

> On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 01:33:58 -0400, Brian C. Murphy wrote:

>> Could someone please give me a simple exposition of the procedure for
>> installing an external editor and using it whenever any editing is
>> required, including for all email?

> For editing of HTML files with the F4 key, change the line at the bottom
> of the Options/Preferences-and-Performance screen to point to your
> editor.

 Does not have to be html.  Any file will work.

> For email, edit the XEDIT.BAT to point to your editor. For example mine
> has a single line: "c:\q\q.exe %1".

> This allows the editor to be called by clicking on the "eXternal editor"
> button in the email edit screen.
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