External Tools

I had enough to switch between windows to work on external files.

So, here is ExternalTools.

ExternalTools add several commands/services to the Pharo FileBrowser (an undervalued gem IMHO).

Windows Version

The Windows version leverages the OSWindows project.

For full support, one also has to install Git for Windows, which includes GitBash, Git Gui and Gitk.

The Windows version works with Pharo 5.0.

Metacello new
    githubUser: 'Pharophile' 
    project: 'ExternalTools' 
    commitish: 'master' 
    path: 'packages';
    baseline: 'ExternalTools';
    onWarningLog;
    load

How it works

How it improves the workflow

No more hassles, just keep a file browse around and edit README.md in Vim, see graphics, open PDF books etc. Also allows to work with several GitHub repos at once.

Unix Version

It adds some commands to the File Browser, allowing one to edit in the $EDITOR (for me this is gvim) and another thing for opening the file externally through xdg-open (which kind of opens about anything).

Basically, one can extend this to whatever is needed.

The only thing is that FileServices initialize needs to be called when a new service is added if you create your own.

This is Unix only and requires OSProcess to be loaded (use the ConfigurationBrowser).

	Gofer it 
		url: 'http://www.smalltalkhub.com/mc/philippeback/HOExtras/main';
		package: 'HighOctane-Tools';
		load.

Currently only working in Pharo 3.