Using an external text editor¶
While godot has an inbuilt text editor, some developers have a tendency to
want to use a text editor they are familiar with. Godot provides this
option via the options under
Editor -> Editor Settings -> Text Editor -> External
There are two fields: the executable path and command line flags. The flags allow you to better integrate the editor with godot. Godot will replace the following inside the flags parameter:
Field in Exec Flags | Is replaced with |
---|---|
{project} | The absolute path to the project directory |
{file} | The absolute path to the file |
{col} | The column number of the error |
{line} | The line number of the error |
Some example Exec Flags for various editors include:
Editor | Exec Flags |
---|---|
geany/kate | {file} –line {line} –column {col} |
atom/sublime text | {file}:{line} |
visual studio code | {project} –goto {file}:{line}:{col} |