Editor Preferences Dialog

Select if you want to use internal or external editor.

When you want to use external editor, you need to specify path to its executable. Use Browse button to locate the executable. When typing path manually do not forget to add quotes around path containing spaces. If you need you may specify a command-line parameters for your editor. Use pattern !.! to specify where should WinSCP place name of the file to edit (quotes around filename containing spaces are added automatically).

If you want use different editors for different file-types, specify file mask matching file(s) (or file-types) to be associated with the particular editor. The first editor, whose autoselection mask matches name of edited file, will be used. The order of editors is defined on Editors tab of Preferences dialog.

The External editor opens multiple files in one window (process) checkbox enables special behaviour needed to support editors that open multiple files in one window.

The Force text transfer mode for files edited in external editor checkbox by default forces text transfer mode for transfers to/from external editor. When unchecked the configured transfer mode will be used. Learn more about editing binary files in an external editor. Note that text mode is always forced for internal editor.

Options for internal editor are global (configured on Editors tab of Preferences dialog).