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FAQ

I want to do something more complicated than just running an editor with a file-name.

In UNIX systems, such as Mac OS X or Linux, you can create a shell script with your commands in it. You then set the preferences to launch this script.

Example: 

#!/bin/bash

set -eu

exec /usr/bin/myfavoriteditor --option "$@"

In Microsoft Windows, you can create a .cmd script instead. Again, you set your preferences to launch this .cmd script.

An example for JEdit in Windows: 

@echo off

C:\WINDOWS\system32\javaw.exe -Xms64M -Xmx192M -jar "C:\www\jEdit\jedit.jar" -reuseview %1

(thanks to Russell)

I can't find the edit button for (gmail, blogger, etc.)

Gmail, blogger, and other sites has the option to use "rich text editors". The editors act similar to a word processor. Due to the way these work, it isn't possible for It's All Text! find the textarea, it is hidden or, in some cases, absent. Workaround: Turn off the rich text editor, if possible.

I use non-ASCII characters and they turn into blocks or question marks (?).

The problem is that the encoding It's All Text! is using and your editor is using don't match. You can figure out what encoding your editor wants and change the encodings preference in It's All Text! or you can change the encoding your editor uses.

In Microsoft Windows, a common problem I get is that someone is using Notepad or WordPad?. These both do not support sane encodings. I recommend getting something like Notepad++ for editing in UTF-8 instead.

About Mac OS X

Out of the box, It's All Text! uses the open program. open behaves like double clicking on a file. It uses the type of the file to choose the correct application to run; for .txt files, that application is the built-in text editor. If this behavior is fine for you, then leave the editor option alone and enjoy! However, if you want to use a different editor or to force the same editor regardless of the file type, then you will need to do something a little more complicated. Firefox cannot run .app applications directly. To run a program in Mac OS X you need to do one of two things: If your editor comes with a non-.app version, then use that. Otherwise you have to write a shell script. Check your editor's documentation; if it comes with a standalone program, usually located in the /usr/bin/ directory, then you can enter that into the It's All Text! preferences and you're done.

Otherwise, you need to create a shell script. Here are the basic steps to create a shell script:

  1. Open your favorite editor.
  2. Create a file like the example below.
  3. Save it to your home directory: ~/iat.sh
  4. Open a terminal window.
  5. Type this command to make the shell script executable: chmod +x ~/iat.sh
  6. In It's All Text! preferences, use the shell script as your editor.

The example shell script. Replace /Applications/TextEdit.app with the actual path to your .app file. It'll probably be something like /Applications/MyEditor.app. 

#!/bin/sh
# This is an example shell script for It's All Text!

if [ ! -f "$1" ]; then
  touch "$1"
fi

# Remove quarantine bit that may get set for extensions MacOSX doesn't
# recognize, and that may cause an unneeded security dialog to appear. (We
# *know* there are no viruses on this file, 'cause we just created it)
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine "$1" 

exec /usr/bin/open -a Vim "$1"
#EOF

Other alternative shell scripts are available at here.