On 25 Sep 2015, at 16:29, Hussein Shafie wrote:
Leif H. S. wrote:
* open -W -n -a /Applications/Firefox.app "%F"
Now, in case you don't like the default value, the command invoking
the "default viewer" can be specified using Options|Preferences,
"Helper applications" section, "Default viewer" field.
See
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/toolsOptions.html#helperApplicationsOptions
Thanks.
Please understand that we provide no support whatsoever about the
custom command you specify in this "Default viewer" field. It's up to
you to figure out what to do.
Allow me to express my view on the command that XXE, by default, insert
whenever I, as a user, select a default previewer via XXE’s own
interface.
At the page you point to above, one reads the following:
]] Options "-W -n" mean: start a new instance of the application
[ … snip … ] These options are required when the helper
application is used to edit the content of an element, the
content of an attribute or the whole document. [[
This seems to say that the option '-n' (which, if the application is
already running, creates a new instance) is necessary when **editing**
in an external application. However, my issue was **previewing**. And
when **previewing** a file, then, for the average user, there is no need
for a new instance (and some applications, like Firefox, do not even
permit - at least not in OSX - more than a single instance).
Therefore I propose, FIRSTLY, that XXE should discern between default
previewer and other helper applications. And, SECONDLY, that, on a Mac,
whenever a user, via XXE’s interface for selecting a defualt
previewer, selects a new default previewer, then the '-n' option should
not be included in the command-line that by default gets inserted. So
for example, if I used XXE’s interface to set Firefox as my default
previewer, then, by default, XXE should insert the following
command-line:
open -W -a /Applications/Firefox.app "%F"
(As opposed to the currention situation, when XXE inserts the following
command line: open -W -n -a /Applications/Firefox.app "%F")
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leif halvard silli
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