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Set default text editor in Windows

RichardD

Hi,

I want to use Notepad++ as my text editor, but only for myself (my computer) as others that open the schematic may not have this installed.

Help files state if you set the environment variable CDS_TEXT_EDITOR it will override the settings in the Tools tab.  I tried this in Win10 and with 17.2 and it's not working (yes I restarted after the change).

CDS_TEXT_EDITOR=C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe

Has anyone gotten this to work?

Richard

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  • srish09
    0 in reply to RichardD

    The default text editor path under setup is 'write'

    In DE-HDL, go to Tools > Options > Text, and put the Text Change Editor' as 'notepad'

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  • srish09
    0 in reply to RichardD

    The default text editor path under setup is 'write'

    In DE-HDL, go to Tools > Options > Text, and put the Text Change Editor' as 'notepad'

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  • RichardD
    0 in reply to srish09

    The screen capture I showed was from the Project Manager Setup.  The entry from within DE-HDL Options showed either $CDS_TEXT_EDITOR or the path to notepad++ depending on the PC.  When I overwrite it with notepad it removes the TEXT_EDITOR entry within the CPM file and starts using notepad.exe on my PC again.

    Thank you, I appreciate your efforts, at least I know how to do this for a personal copy of a project.  But at this point I don't want to pursue this further, our designs need to be supported for upwards of 10 years and I don't want to cause issues for a future designer.  Even if we did get it working, based on the lack of documentation on this feature and difficulty in getting it working, I'm thinking it could easily break in future versions.

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