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One drawback of this approach is that all of the files ever edited by the current instance of WinSCP are kept in a [[temp_folder|temporary directory]] (until WinSCP is closed). WinSCP watches for changes to them all. One drawback of this approach is that all of the files ever edited by the current instance of WinSCP are kept in a [[temp_folder|temporary directory]] (until WinSCP is closed). WinSCP watches for changes to them all.
-If you want to avoid that, you need to make sure that your editor opens each file in a separate window (process). Some editors do that by default while some offer a configuration option for that. If either is the case, then configure your editor as an external editor for WinSCP and enable preference option //[[ui_editor_preferences#external|External editor opens each file in separate window (process)]]//. WinSCP will then treat the file as closed when the editor launched to open it is closed. Note that this setting only affects the "edit" operation. So you may want to make sure that editing is the [[ui_pref_panels#double-click|default operation for double-click]].+If you want to avoid that, you need to make sure that your editor opens each file in a separate window (process). Some editors do that by default while some offer a configuration option for that. If either is the case, then configure your editor as an external editor for WinSCP and enable preference option //[[ui_editor_preferences#external|External editor opens each file in separate window (process)]]//. WinSCP will then treat the file as closed when the editor launched to open it is closed.  
 +  * Note that this setting only affects the "edit" operation. So you may want to make sure that editing is the [[ui_pref_panels#double-click|default operation for double-click]]. 
 +  * For configuring Vim, you would not choose to option preference above for opening each file in a separate process.  See [[playground#Configuring Vim as an External Editor in WinSCP|Configuring Vim as an External Editor in WinSCP]] for more information. 
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 +==== [[vim]] Configuring Vim as an External Editor in WinSCP ====
===== [[binary]] Editing Binary Files ===== ===== [[binary]] Editing Binary Files =====