Reply To: July 2010 Competition comments

One of Kyrans top 5…and worth another mention here IMO.

A simple way to select a file and then “Open in External editor” would be nice. Some way to link the .exe file (for the external Editor) chosen by a user to a command to open the file externally should work.

So once the file is selected in Podium and the command (“Open in External editor”) is selected, then whatever app is specified or path to the .exe file in for instance Podiums Preferences, will be opened up automatically with the file inside the External app.

The command “Open in External editor” within Podium would effectively be similar to right clicking on a file in Windows Explorer and choosing “Open with” That of course will trigger the chosen app to start with the selected file.

In Podium “Open in External editor” will do the same thing but from within Podium. Some features are simply not available yet so this is still necessary IMO while Podiums feature set is still growing in key areas.

Some way to then save changes to a file and update that in Podium would be even better still. Perhaps if Podium detects the file has been changed it can simply replace the original or create a new file and ask the user if he/she would like to replace the old one in the arrangement.