# Komodo Edit

Komodo Edit is a free and open-source cross-platform text editor for a variety of programming languages.

## Commands for Common Tasks
### Connect to Remote Server

Click Edit=>Preferences=>Servers Enter server URL Enter user name and password

### Browse Remote Server

Download and Install the "Remote Drive Tree" add-on Click the tab icon labeled "Show Specific Sidebar/Tab" Select Servers from the dropdown list

### Bookmark Remote Server Directories

Click Toolbox=>Add=>New Live Folder Browse to Dev Server Mapped Drive Browse to remote folder on Remote Drive

### Bookmark Line Number

Go to the line Hold Ctrl Key while pressing F2 Use carriage return on adjacent lines instead of current line to preserve mapping between bookmark and current text

### Check Spelling

Click Tools=>Check Spelling

### Check Hex Colors

Hold Ctrl key while mousing over color code

### Goto Color Picker

Hold Ctrl key and click color code

### Goto URL

Hold Ctrl key and click URL

### Compare Changes to Last Save

Right click anywhere on the file Click Show Unsaved Changes

### Copy File Path

Right click anywhere on the file Click Create Mapped URI Copy the path of the file

### Open the Containing Folder of the Current File

Click the tab of the a file located in the folder Click File=>Open

### Macro Creation

* Komodo HTML-Tidy Macro
* Color Picker Macro
* Auto Wrap Macro
* Komodo Macro for Automatically Finishing img Tags
* Komodo Macro for Customizing Tab Titles
* Creating the Fakework Macro
* Komodo Sandbox Tools
* Komodo Macro Triggers
* PHPDoc/JsDoc Autocompletion Macro
* Komodo Macro API Documentation
* Macro Collection
* Macro Collection 2
* Macro Collection 3
* Macro Creating Macro
* WebOS Komodo Macro
* Script Formatting Macro
* CSS Formatting Macro
* Three Handy Komodo Macros
* Macro to start remote debugging for current file
* ShellExecute Macro

## Profile Customization
### Macro Usage

Click Tools=>Macros=>Start Recording Execute the set of commands you want to save Click Tools=>Macros=>Stop Recording Double Click the new macro at the bottom of the Toolbox

### Tidy/Beautifier Command Usage

Create a tidy config file Select the text you want to format in the current file Click Tools=>Run Command Enter the tidy command in the text field: tidy -config {tidy_configxyz} Check the Pass Selection and Insert Output checkboxes Click Run

### Kdiff/Beyond Compare/X-Winmerge Usage

Click Tools=>Run Command Click "More" Click "Add to Toolbox" to save it as a shortcut Select "No Console" next from the dropdown next to the Run In option Add the Kdiff.exe/BCompare.exe/Xwinmerge.exe location to the PATH environment variable Type in the HTTP address of the SVN/Mercurial/Git repo, or go to the local repo root using the "Browse" button Run the application: BCompare.exe %F %f

### Snippet Usage

Open Toolbox in the right sidebar Right Click the Snippet you want to modify Click Properties Add %s between the tag to wrap the snippet around the selected text \n is not needed to insert carriage returns as in Find/Replace. Use the enter key instead To simply wrap a selection, check "Maintain indentation context after selection", then uncheck "Maintain selected text or cursor position after insertion". For example:
* HTML Comments Snippet:
* JavaScript/CSS Comments Snippet:

### Extension Usage

To Install Extensions, click and drag the .xpi link to the Komodo window
Click the tab icon labeled "Show Specific Sidebar/Tab" Select the Add-On from the Projects or Toolbox dropdown list

### Find/Replace Usage

Use the MoreKomodo extension to save replacement patterns as favorites Use the HTML Entities extension to quickly replace punctuation in HTML Replace $ with \ when porting regular expression backreferences from Perl Use \n to insert carriage returns with replacement text

### Configuration

Disable unused Add-Ons and Plugins to speed up startup Use View=>Preview in Browser on a saved HTML file, then type about:config into the address bar to open the configuration menu If available, the View About:Config macro in the Snippets toolbar also opens the configuration menu. Here is the script

#### API Catalogs for Code Intelligence

Search for .cix files under path where Komodo is installed
Replace existing .cix file with the matching update listed here:
* JavaScript API catalog .cix updates for YUI, Dojo, jQuery, etc
* HTML5 API catalog .cix updates for 2D Canvas, Microdata, Web messaging, activeElement, hasFocus, getContext

#### Preview in Browser

Use a Run Command to add a customized Preview to the toolbar:
* Open current HTML file in a Web browser
Use a Macro to call the pickPreview method programmatically:

#### Parameters

app.update.enabled: Automatic update check
app.update.interval: The value in seconds between automatic update checks
extensions.update.enabled: Automatic update check for extensions
extensions.update.interval: The value in seconds between automatic update checks for extensions
general.warnOnAboutConfig: Toogle About:config warning message
* How to Unpickle Komodo's .xmlc Files
* User Defined Language Support
* Using PHP Beautifier with Komodo IDE

#### Windows Profile Location for Exporting Settings

(Drive):\Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\ActiveState\Komodo\(version)\prefs.xml or (Drive):\Documents and Settings\(username)\AppData\Local\ActiveState\Komodo\(version)\prefs.xml

#### GNU/Linux settings file location

~/.komodoedit/(version)/prefs.xml

#### XUL/RDF Tweaks for Extensions

Copy morekomodo.rdf from the extensions/morekomodo folder to the XRE folder to retain MoreKomodo Favorites after version updates
Edit kjslint.js and kjslint.xul to set default values for KjsLint

## Keyboard Shortcuts

Goto Line: Ctrl + G
Goto End of Current Block: Ctrl + ]
Goto End of Current Word: Ctrl + Shift + →
Select the Current Block: Ctrl + Shift + ]
Hide/Show Line Numbers: Ctrl + Shift + 4
Find and Replace: Ctrl + H
Replace All: Alt + A
Interactive Find: Ctrl + I
Make Uppercase: Ctrl + U
Make Lowercase: Ctrl + Shift + U
Comment out Selection: Ctrl + 3
Decrease Selection Indent: Alt + C + D
Google the text that the cursor is on: Shift + F1
Toolbox Selection Properties: Alt + Enter
File Properties: Alt + E + L
Save: Ctrl + S
Open: Ctrl + O
Toggle Bookmark: Ctrl + F2
Next Bookmark: F2
Previous Bookmark: Shift + F2
Delete Bookmarks: Ctrl + Shift + F2

## References

* The official forums for Komodo IDE and Komodo Edit
* Running PyLint from Komodo
* Installing New Dictionaries for Spellchecking
* Customizing the Komodo UI
* Komodo Run Command Tutorial
* Run Commands for Debugging
* Django Komodo Kit
* Komodo Extensions
* Komodo File Locations
* Dealing with Problems in Windows
* Komodo Macro Documentation
* Komodo Add-Ons
* Komodo Blog
* Komodo Add-Ons Repository
* Komodo FAQ
* Using Komodo Edit with Google App Engine
* Debugging with the Google App Engine SDK
* Setting up Komodo Edit for Drupal Development
* Using the Interactive Shell
* Komodo XUL Snippet Pack
* XUL Development using Komodo
* Komodo Macros and Extensions
* Extension Install Manifests
* Create Firefox Extensions with Komodo
* How do you to the Command Output Window
* HTML, UDL, and Code Intelligence
* UDL Debugging Macro
* OpenKomodo UDL Repository
* JavaScript Macro API Source
* Scintilla Documentation
* SciMoz Notes

### Extensions

* HTML Entities
* MoreKomodo
* kJSLint
* KoJSLint
* Source Tree
* Remote Drive Tree
* JS Drive Tree
* TweakUI
* ColorTab
* HTML Toolkit
* XPCOMViewer
* Uploader
* NaturalDocs
* KLint Lint Enhancement
* Venkman JavaScript Debugger
* Hackit
* Side-by-Side Diffs
* XBL Tree
* CFML Syntax Highlighting
* jQuery API Catalog Collection
* Ext.JS API Catalog Collection
* Dojo API Catalog Extension
* Buffer List
* Quick Open
* Ko-Clippy Clipboard Helper
* SciViews
* XPCOM Viewer
* kNose Python Unit Tester
* MoreNPP Notepad++ Extension
* Komoku Shortcuts
* Maya API Catalog Extension
* Drupal API Catalog Extension
* OpenSocial API Catalog Extension
* Tab Tools
* Tab List
* SCP for Komodo
* qWin Tab Manager
* XBL Tree
* It's All Text
* SciMoz in Firefox 3 as an Extension
* Zen Coding
* Todo Helper
* DITA Extension
* Komodo WebOS Toolkit
* Komodo Developer Toolbar
* Extension Developer's Extension
* Extension FAQ