Anki add-on: External Editor

Replaces built-in html editor with the one of your choice. Next time you press Ctrl + x while editing a field it'll try to execute your configured editor. I created this add-on because I had spent lot of time copying from Anki to vim, editing, and copying back. It allows you to specify your editor of preference. For Windows users, remember to escape (duplicate) the backslashes in the path (json uses backslash as a special character): { "editor": "c:\\Program Files\\Notepad++\\notepad++.exe" } Updates: 2020/07/26: Merged ijgnd contributions, and greatly improved OSX and Windows executable detection. 2020/03/04: Small bug fix for gvim swap files. 2020/03/03: Now it tries harder to find the specified editor, or a viable editor, or fallback to built-in editor silently. 2020/02/29: I added a workaround that should fix the PermissionError in Windows. Thanks for the report.

GitHub repository: pointtonull/anki-external_editor
Repository description: Simple substitution of built in html editor with external tool
Languages: Python, Makefile