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Browser's external editor version history - 12 versions

Browser's external editor by Ruslan Osmanov

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Browser's external editor version history - 12 versions
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  • Latest version

    Version 3.3.1

    Released Apr 26, 2025 - 54.5 KB
    Works with firefox 109.0a1 and later
    New Feature: Support for ${line} and ${column} placeholders in the command line settings

    The Command Line field in the extension settings now supports two new placeholders:
    - ${line} for the 1-based line number
    - ${column} for the 1-based column number (offset from the beginning of the line)

    Example usage:
    /usr/local/bin/gvim --nofork +"call cursor(${line}, ${column})"

    Notes:
    - Quotes (single or double) are expanded similarly to shells.
    - Variable expansion (like $VAR) and backslash escaping are not supported.
    - Quotes are required when passing arguments that contain spaces. Without quotes, a line like +call cursor(${line}, ${column}) would be split into three arguments: +call, cursor(${line}, and ${column}).

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Older versions

    Version 3.3.0

    Released Apr 26, 2025 - 51.46 KB
    Works with firefox 109.0a1 and later
    New Feature: Support for ${line} and ${column} placeholders in the command line settings

    The Command Line field in the extension settings now supports two new placeholders:
    - ${line} for the 1-based line number
    - ${column} for the 1-based column number (offset from the beginning of the line)

    Example usage:
    /usr/local/bin/gvim --nofork +"call cursor(${line}, ${column})"

    Notes:
    - Quotes (single or double) are expanded similarly to shells.
    - Variable expansion (like $VAR) and backslash escaping are not supported.
    - Quotes are required when passing arguments that contain spaces. Without quotes, a line like +call cursor(${line}, ${column}) would be split into three arguments: +call, cursor(${line}, and ${column}).

    See https://github.com/rosmanov/chrome-bee/issues/12

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 3.2.2

    Released Apr 26, 2025 - 49.27 KB
    Works with firefox 109.0a1 and later
    Fixed Shadow DOM Traversal:
    - Fields hidden behind the Shadow DOM are now correctly detected and traversed by the extension's content script.This fix restores the ability to invoke the external editor for Markdown comment editors and search fields on sites like Reddit.

    Known Limitations
    - Advanced Rich Text Editors: Fields rendered via internal state management (e.g., React-based editors) remain unsupported. Programmatic updates to these fields are still not reflected reliably, as these editors treat external input differently from direct user typing.

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 3.2.1

    Released Mar 27, 2023 - 49.2 KB
    Works with firefox 109.0a1 and later
    Removed host_permissions permission request

    Also, performed some internal cleanup.

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 3.2.0

    Released Mar 25, 2023 - 47.7 KB
    Works with firefox 109.0a1 and later
    - Upgraded manifest version to version 3.
    - Fixed a bug where editor text might was sent to all tabs instead of the calling tab.

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 3.1

    Released Oct 13, 2020 - 56.18 KB
    Works with firefox 48.0 and later
    - Extension settings are now stored in the sync storage area
    - Translated to Russian

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 2.9

    Released Aug 15, 2020 - 53.09 KB
    Works with firefox 48.0 and later
    Fixed a bug in extension preferences where extension field and "Remove" buttons were not available.

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 2.8

    Released Aug 15, 2020 - 53.14 KB
    Works with firefox 48.0 and later
    Added support for custom filename extensions. The new feature works only with recent versions of the host application: either BeeCtl (https://github.com/rosmanov/bee-host) version 1.2.0 or newer, or the host app currently included in the extension repository (https://github.com/rosmanov/chrome-bee).

    Note, BeeCtl binaries will be uploaded to SourceForge soon.

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 2.7

    Released Oct 16, 2019 - 24.36 KB
    Works with firefox 57.0 and later
    Fix: editor was not opened if no extension settings were ever saved.

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 2.6

    Released Oct 15, 2019 - 23.87 KB
    Works with firefox 57.0 and later
    Added support for a native messaging host written in C ( https://github.com/rosmanov/bee-host )
    Fixed text field was not updated when the user switched to another tab
    Changed event page is now converted to persistent background page

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 2.5

    Released Jun 19, 2019 - 23.17 KB
    Works with firefox 48.0 and later
    - Added support for the arguments accepted by a C implementation of the host app: https://github.com/rosmanov/bee-host
    - Fixed: multiple editor windows were opened in Redmine

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 2.4

    Released Jan 6, 2018 - 21.04 KB
    Works with firefox 50.0 and later, android 50.0 to 68.*

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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