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The menu items in Tools > External are meant as examples.
To use the system editor, it is better to use Open With >
System Editor.

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\title Use external tools
You can use external tools directly from \QC. You can change the default
configurations of the QML preview tools and the default text editor for
your system or configure new tools.
You can add menu items for using external tools directly from \QC to
\uicontrol Tools > \uicontrol External. As examples, the menu shows
items for opening the currently active file for editing in a text editor
or running the currently active QML file.
To run the tools, select \uicontrol Tools > \uicontrol External, or use the
\c x filter in the locator.
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particular context.
\endif
To configure external tools:
\list 1
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\title Use external text editors
You can open files for editing in the default text editor for your system:
Notepad on Windows and vi on Linux and \macos.
To open the file you are currently viewing in an external editor, select
\uicontrol Tools > \uicontrol External > \uicontrol Text >
\uicontrol {Edit with Notepad} or \uicontrol {Edit with vi}, depending on
your system.
To open files for editing in the default text editor for your system:
\list 1
\li Right-click the filename in one of the following views to open a context
menu:
\list
\li \l {Edit mode}
\li \l {File System}
\li \l {Open Documents}
\li \l {Projects}
\endlist
\li Select \uicontrol {Open With} > \uicontrol {System Editor}.
\endlist
\section1 Add editors to Tools menu
You can add menu items for opening the file you are currently viewing in
an external editor to \uicontrol Tools > \uicontrol External >
\uicontrol Text. The current example commands are
\uicontrol {Edit with Notepad} on Windows and \uicontrol {Edit with vi} on
Linux and \macos.
\QC looks for the editor path in the PATH environment variable
of your operating system.