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firefox-3.0 package

  1. Bug #239826
  2. Comment #110

Comment 110 for bug 239826

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In , Johnath (johnath) wrote :

(In reply to comment #85)
> (In reply to comment #83)
> > What do you think about $simple_editor(vi, notepad,...) $Sourcecode?
>
> You mean opening the source in an external editor? You should file a new bug
> for that (specifically regarding use of an external editor); however it sounds
> like that functionality should be provided by an extension, not built-in.

And, in fact, is. ViewSourceWith does this, though it's a bit behind the compat curve last I checked. The Web Developer Toolbar also lets you set up alternate source viewers in their preferences dialog, and even lets you bind different external tools to different hotkeys.