Hotkey(again!) for editing a file

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Can we set a hotkey for opening a (not only txt file) file in notepad(or some editing program else)?
i. e. we have a test.txt file>select it>Hotkey(without double click or right click on the file)>the file will be opened in Notepad

It will be useful when need to edit some file quikly without changing its default editing program, for example the *.dop file.

2

Yes, just make a hotkey which runs

"C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe" {filepath$}

or similar.

3

[quote="leo"]Yes, just make a hotkey which runs

"C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe" {filepath$}

or similar.[/quote]
Thank you, Dopus really helps, and I now feel its more powerful than TC.

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another way to handle this is to set it up so that if you hold CTRL while double-clicking on a file, it opens in notepad. that's what i've done, and it really works nicely.

go to Settings > File Types. double-click on All Files. set the Left double-click + CTRL to the command that leo posted above.

similarly, i have ALT-double-click set to open the file with the DOpus viewer. very handy!

(Edit: Changed "Drag-and-drop" to "Left double-click." --Leo)

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[quote="leo"]Yes, just make a hotkey which runs

"C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe" {filepath$}

or similar.[/quote]

Would be better if change {filepath$} to {allfilepath$}

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True if you're using an editor which understands multiple file paths on the command-line. Not with Notepad, though, as it and will just open the first file and ignore all the others if you give multiple paths to one command.

To make notepad open all the files at once, instead of one at a time waiting for you to close each file before opening the next one, you can use @async to make Opus run all the program once for each file without waiting for each one to finish:

@async "C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe" {filepath$}
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Hi! I'm testing DOpus after using xplorer2. One nice thing in xplorer2 was the ability to press F3 for viewing a textfile and F4 for editing it.

I've created/modified the hotkeys, but I am faced with a problem now: After closing the editor DO loses the focus of the file. I tried reselect, also.

{alias|home}\editor2_UC.exe /V {filepath$} select RESELECT
But it just don't work. Btw, this problem is not specific for the used editor - same behaviour with notepad.

Any ideas how to help me with the problem?

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Use this:

@nodeselect {alias|home}\editor2_UC.exe /V {filepath$}

9

YMMD!
Thank you for the rapid answer :slight_smile: