Jshell: Set External Editor

Using ‘/set’ command you can set an external editor.

 

Syntax

/set editor -wait open -a "Editor_Application_Path"

 

Example

/set editor -wait open -a "/Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/"

 

Step 1: Open terminal and execute the command jshell.

$jshell
|  Welcome to JShell -- Version 10.0.2
|  For an introduction type: /help intro

jshell>

 

Step 2: Execute the command ‘/edit’. It opens ‘JShell Edit Pad’.

 

Step 3: Set Sublime ad editor to this jshell by executing below command.

/set editor -wait open -a "/Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/"

jshell> /set editor -wait open -a "/Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/"
|  Editor set to: -wait open -a /Applications/Sublime Text.app/

 

Execute the command /edit to make sure that it opens Subime editor.

 

How to retain default editor?

Execute below command to retain default editor.

/set editor -retain -default

jshell> /set editor -retain -default
|  Editor set to: -default
|  Editor setting retained: -default

 

How to set external editor to all the jshell sessions?

Execute below command to retain external editor across all JShell sessions.

/set editor -retain -wait open -a "/Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/"

 

 

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