Hi,

Do you know of any way for editing files in total commander with kate (a linux program) instead of notepad.exe?.

Thanks,

Daniel

I don't see how that would be possible.

Maybe if you make a alias ( shortcut) to Kate and then choose the to alias as the default editor in T C

I've managed to open a file using kate from total commander. Here is how:

1. Compile the below code using gcc (ex: gcc yourfile.c -o yourexec.exe). Keep the .exe extension as it will be easier to find it later from total commander:

include <stdio.h>

include <string.h>

int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
char buff[512], command[512], c;
int i, j=0, write=0;

    for (i=0; i<strlen(argv[1]); i++)
    {
            write = 1; // controls if the character will be written to buff or not
            c = argv[1][i]; // get the next character
            switch (i)
            {
                    case 0: // first character is always the drive leter.
                            switch (c)
                            {
                                    case 'y':
                                    case 'Y': // this is by default assigned to the user's home
                                            c = '~';
                                            break;
                                    case 'z':
                                    case 'Z': // this is by default assigned to the system's root folder
                                            write = 0;
                                            break;
                            }
                            break;
                    case 1: // this is always ':'
                            write = 0;
                            break;
                    default:
                            switch(c)
                            {
                                    case '\\': // convert backslash in slash
                                            c = '/';
                                            break;
                            }
            }

            if (write) // store the converted char in the temporary buffer
            {
                    buff[j] = c;
                    j++;
            }
    }
    buff[j] = 0; // end the temporary string nicely

    snprintf(command, 512, "kate %s", buff); // this is the linux command to run. It can be anything
    return system(command);

}

2. Copy the resulting binary to /usr/bin (or whatever other location you want) and give execute permissions to your user.  
3. Open total commander  
4. Go to Configuration -> Options -> Operation -> Edit/View  
5. Change the value for the "Editor for F4" to "Z:\usr\bin\yourexec.exe" (or the location you have chosen at step 2.)  
6. done

This method will work for any file with the name smaller than 8 chars. For files with longer names total commander truncates the name and changes it to upper case. Maybe somebody has an idea of how to overcome this limitation.

Best regards,

Daniel