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External Source Editor Path?

Anyone know how can i edit external source editor path to show an editor in my usb ( in Portable Applications folder )?

i try to configure it from about:config page. i modify the external editor path, but as you know the USB device Letter is changing for any PC. then something like: G:\PortableApps\EditPlus 2\Editplus.exe wouldn't work allways. any idea?

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sorry?

anyone understood my problem? sorry for my bad english Smile

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%GeckoDrive%

Do a search here for %GeckoDrive% variable. This should help you with the Drive Letter changing. (This is a mozilla variable that works in any of the Mozilla Gecko based apps, Firefox, K-meleon, Sunbird, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird, etc).
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doesn't work

i changed it to:

%GeckoDrive%\PortableApps\EditPlus 2\editplus.exe

it doesn't work :/

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Do a search here for

Do a search here for %GeckoDrive% variable. This should help you with the Drive Letter changing. (This is a mozilla variable that works in any of the Mozilla Gecko based apps, Firefox, K-meleon, Sunbird, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird, etc).
Absolutely untrue. I even emailed the author of Launchy, and he told me that %GeckoDrive% is limited to Launchy.

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My Bad,

I thought that was a Mozilla thing. I only heard about it here a week or two back and didn't even realize it was just for Launchy. Sorry folks.
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Have you tried using a

Have you tried using a relative path?
i.e. \PortableApps\EditPlus 2\Editplus.exe
Also if you have admin privileges you can use my app launcher, it will assign an environment variable to the usb drive.
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What app is this for? I'm guessing Firefox because you said you edited the about:config but what is it used for? I'm not familiar with this option.

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editing page source

editplus is an text editor( i think one of the best editors ).

this options make the page source open in the editor for Firefox. when you clicking View>Page Source , it is opening the page in an external editor.

i tried your applications, but sorry it couldn't help me, or i couldn't use them truly Sad

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hand edit

You can hand edit your mimeTypes.rdf and make it relative (I don't recall the exact format).

I'm working on a possible fix for this.

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what about 2.0.0.3?

itlooks like external source editor page with work with a portable application now. can anyone tell me how to do it ?

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