[digiKam-users] Default to open in external editor?

[Gilles Caulier]

Le jeu. 11 mars 2021 à 10:15, robert lindsay
<robert.lindsay at gmail.com> a écrit :
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> The only real solution for now is to drag the thumbnail image over to your favorite external editor and open it.
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> I've sent code to the maintainers for a better solution but nothing has happened yet.

Which code exactly ?

Best regards

Gilles Caulier

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> On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 8:44 AM Chris Poldervaart <vaarticus at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Perhaps I am missing something obvious, but I have been looking for a way to open images (from thumbnail view) with an external editor as the default open option.
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>> I can right click on the image and choose "Open with" and then select my editor, which is set to "always use this app", but I still have to click the app to open - making it a two-step process.
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>> If I choose "Open" it opens in the digikam editor.
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>> Is there a setting to have it open in an external editor of choice as the default open operation?
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>> I love how well digikam is working as an importing and review tool, but I'd like to open/edit in other applications.
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>> Thanks,
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>> CPO