Browser's external editor version history - 12 versions
Browser's external editor by Ruslan Osmanov
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Latest version
Version 3.3.1
Released Apr 26, 2025 - 54.5 KBWorks with firefox 109.0a1 and laterNew 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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Version 3.3.0
Released Apr 26, 2025 - 51.46 KBWorks with firefox 109.0a1 and laterNew 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/12Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 3.2.2
Released Apr 26, 2025 - 49.27 KBWorks with firefox 109.0a1 and laterFixed 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
Version 3.2.1
Released Mar 27, 2023 - 49.2 KBWorks with firefox 109.0a1 and laterRemoved host_permissions permission request
Also, performed some internal cleanup.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 3.2.0
Released Mar 25, 2023 - 47.7 KBWorks 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
Version 3.1
Released Oct 13, 2020 - 56.18 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later- Extension settings are now stored in the sync storage area
- Translated to RussianSource code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 2.9
Released Aug 15, 2020 - 53.09 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterFixed 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
Version 2.8
Released Aug 15, 2020 - 53.14 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterAdded 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
Version 2.7
Released Oct 16, 2019 - 24.36 KBWorks with firefox 57.0 and laterFix: editor was not opened if no extension settings were ever saved.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 2.6
Released Oct 15, 2019 - 23.87 KBWorks with firefox 57.0 and laterAdded 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 pageSource code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 2.5
Released Jun 19, 2019 - 23.17 KBWorks 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 RedmineSource code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 2.4
Released Jan 6, 2018 - 21.04 KBWorks with firefox 50.0 and later, android 50.0 to 68.*Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only