External TCL Editor

I use an external editor, but I never use the Cloverleaf IDE button to launch it. I either run Emacs locally or on our Linux Cloverleaf server. When I run it locally, I can edit files remotely through FTP.

I edit all of my scripts on my desktop Windows PC using Komodo.

I do most of my TCL component testing on my PC, then move the code to CL and do final test.

Mohammed,

I am not certain I understand so excuse me if this isn’t to the point.

You can set up an external editor to automatically launch from in Cloverleaf. To set this up, pull down Options>Client Options… Then go to the External Command tab. There is a field for setting the External Editor Command.

I use the standard editor. The things I would check are if CL maintains revisions with an external editor. I like revisions. Also, check to see if the tclindex is rebuilt when a new tps script is created.

BTW, we are using CL 5.8.4. Your mileage may vary.

Good luck,

b

Mohammed,

I think that’s how it’s supposed to work – just opening an empty editor. Cloverleaf doesn’t associate it with a tcl script or anything else.

I find the easiest way is to use a Windows editor (I use ConText) to enter the tcl script and then cut and paste into Cloverleaf.

Regards,

Dave

Mohammed,

When you set the external editor, make sure and add the “@F” after the editor path. In your example, you would want to use “notepad++ @F”. The @F causes Cloverleaf to pass in the file path to your editor.

Cheers,

Cullen

If I set the external editor for notepad++ and use the @F option then this points to a temp file on my windows client which is never copied over to the Linux Server.  Any suggestions on correcting this?