External editor doesnt open files. :: Support Forum

Yeleha
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External editor doesnt open files.

2024-02-06 10:31

I tried using /usr/bin/code for the external editor (I am on Arch linux).
It only opens Code, without actually opening the file itself.

Configuration is attached in the post as a screenshot.

Screenshot from 2024-02-06 10-30-31.png (11.62 KB)

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martin◆ Site Admin
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Re: External editor doesnt open files.

2024-02-06

Are you running WinSCP under Wine?
Post application log (use /applog=path command-line argument).

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Yeleha

Re: External editor doesnt open files.

2024-02-06 22:56

Yes, it is in Wine, should that argument be supplied to WinSCP or VSCode?

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martin◆ Site Admin

Re: External editor doesnt open files.

2024-02-10

WinSCP.

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Yeleha
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Re: External editor doesnt open files.

2024-02-11 13:08

@martin

test.txt (1.73 KB)

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martin◆ Site Admin
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Re: External editor doesnt open files.

2024-02-13

[2024-02-11 13:07:17.808] [4EC] Executing program "/usr/bin/code" with params: "C:\users\yeleha\Temp\scp07408\mods\deathmatch\resources\[Slovak RolePlay]\[Main]\achievement\achievement_c.lua"
[2024-02-11 13:07:17.821] [4EC] Opened external editor with remote file "C:\users\yeleha\Temp\scp07408\mods\deathmatch\resources\[Slovak RolePlay]\[Main]\achievement\achievement_c.lua".
[2024-02-11 13:07:23.807] [4EC] Deleted opened/edited file [C:\users\yeleha\Temp\scp07408\mods\deathmatch\resources\[Slovak RolePlay]\[Main]\achievement\achievement_c.lua] folder "C:\users\yeleha\Temp\scp07408\".

Did you close the editor at 13:07:23? Or was the file deleted prematurely? Maybe you need to uncheck "External editor opens each file in separate window (process)":
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_editor_preferences

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Yeleha

Re: External editor doesnt open files.

2024-02-13 10:47

Yes, I manually closed it, and the settings are in the screenshot above, where it's disabled.

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martin◆ Site Admin

Re: External editor doesnt open files.

2024-02-15

So the editor opens – But it does not open the file?
Isn't the problem the square brackets in the file name? Does it work with more conventional file names?

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