Using an External Script Editor

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If you are more comfortable editing your scripts using another text editor or syntax highlighter, Asset Editor allows you to set an external script editor and use that one instead.

NOTE On Windows and macOS, if you try to open a script in the external editor without setting it first, Asset Editor will open the script in the default editor for JavaScrtipt (.js) files on your machine.
  1. Do one of the following:
    • In the Script Editor toolbar, click the Set External Editor button.
    • In the top-left corner of the Script Editor view, click on the Menu button and select Editor > Set External Editor.

    The Set External Editor window opens.

  2. Select Browse... and use the file explorer to locate the text editing application you want to use.

  1. In the external editor, type the complete and absolute path to the text editing application you want to use, including its name and extension. For example, if you want to use notepad++ on Windows, you could type:

    C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe

    On macOS, if you want to use an application that supports the AppleScript Open Document protocol, simply typing the name of the application might work, for example:

    TextWrangler

    Typing the name of the application you want to use will also work if that application has its path in the PATH environment variable, such as notepad on Windows or gedit on GNU/Linux.

  1. Click on OK.
  1. In the File list, select the script you want to edit.

  1. Do one of the following:

    • In the Script Editor toolbar, click the Open with External Editor button.
    • In the top-left corner of the Script Editor view, click on the Menu button and select Editor > External Editor.
  1. In the external editor that opens, make the desired changes to your script, save the script and close the external editor.
  1. In Asset Editor, the changes you made to your script in the external editor will not appear immediately. You can load those changes by selecting another script in the File list, then selecting the script you changed again.