[Eric] Some file types from ProjectViewer not opening in Eric editor

[Detlev Offenbach]

On Montag, 9. März 2009, Jim Baack wrote:
> ----- "Detlev Offenbach" <detlev at die-offenbachs.de> wrote:
> > On Sonntag, 8. März 2009, Jim Baack wrote:
> > > File types with some extensions are not opening in the Eric editor
> >
> > when
> >
> > > selected from the Project Viewer. It seems to grab the OS default
> >
> > for that
> >
> > > file type and open it in that editor. Do I need to set these by file
> >
> > type
> >
> > > somewhere? Thanks.
> > >
> > > Jim
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> >
> > Which part of the Project Viewer do you mean? All files listed on the
> > Sources
> > tab should be opened in an editor. Files listed on the Others tab are
> > treated
> > differently. Here the mimetype is determined. If it starts with
> > "text/", it
> > is opened in an editor. Otherwise it is opened with the associated
> > application.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Detlev
> > --
> > Detlev Offenbach
> > detlev at die-offenbachs.de
>
> Thanks, Detlev. That makes sense.
>
> I am in the Others tab - working with Zope skin files. Most open in the
> editor OK - but the *.cpt files, although actually XHTML files, want to
> open in Kate (my default KDE editor). I don't have too many so it's not a
> big deal. It always worked fine in Eric3 - I've just recently moved up to
> 4.

That is a change in eric4, which enables it to open unknown or binary files. 
You have two choices to make this work.

1.) Correct your mimetypes files.

2.) Define *.cpt files as "Forms". That will put them on the forms viewer from 
where you can open them in the editor via the context menu.

3.) Write a Zope plugin (like the one for TurboGears) with basic Zope support. 
That would add a Zope project type and stuff like the one described in 2.)

For the short term you should follow 2., but 3.) would be better.

Regards,
Detlev
-- 
Detlev Offenbach
detlev at die-offenbachs.de