Apps which can edit text files, or open directories as an IDE, should be known to the Bench system.
The Bench system can then provide a user interface for opening the default editor with an empty file, a specific file or a whole directory/project.
The following cases should be distinguished, because the user might prefer different apps for them:
- Opening a directory in an editor / IDE
- Opening one or multiple text files in an editor
The following use cases are considered:
For project support the following use cases are considered:
- Opening a project directory in the default editor
- Opening a file from the project tree in the default editor
Apps which can edit text files, or open directories as an IDE, should be known to the Bench system.
The Bench system can then provide a user interface for opening the default editor with an empty file, a specific file or a whole directory/project.
The following cases should be distinguished, because the user might prefer different apps for them:
The following use cases are considered:
open-dir.cmdscript on thePATHto open a directory in the default editoropen-text.cmdscript on thePATHto open one ore multiple text files in the default editor(with drag-and-drop support)
(with drag-and-drop support)
For project support the following use cases are considered: