Registry Diving

I tried this part just now and it worked for me. This was IE6 though (on w2k). It appears people have done this on earlier versions as well though.

; OPTIONAL: Within Internet Explorer "View Source" with gvim
; but prefer to use Edit button (got to add this) on Toolbar
;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\View Source Editor]

;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\View Source Editor\\Editor Name]
;@="C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Vim\\\\vim60\\\\gvim.exe"

Note that both 'View Source Editor' and 'View Source' are keys and the path to vim is the default value of the later key. Also the double backslashes are not required when entering the value in regedit.

I closed all browser windows and opened one to test. I entered the items manually rather than merging it as a .reg file. Note that these lines in that sample .reg file are commented out.

Post #34,927 by altmann 4/10/02 1:15:24 AM Reply	Registry Diving Will [link\|http://vim.sourceforge.net/tips/tip.php?tip_id=190\|this] do the trick? The method appears to add vim (or whatever) to the "edit with" menu button. -- Chris Altmann
Post #34,931 by static 4/10/02 2:48:48 AM Reply	Hmm. Sorta but not really. I've managed to make IE think it's opening vim, but it is still opening NotePad. Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #34,933 by altmann 4/10/02 3:17:32 AM Reply	Re: Hmmmmm. I tried this part just now and it worked for me. This was IE6 though (on w2k). It appears people have done this on earlier versions as well though. ; OPTIONAL: Within Internet Explorer "View Source" with gvim ; but prefer to use Edit button (got to add this) on Toolbar ;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\View Source Editor] ;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\View Source Editor\\Editor Name] ;@="C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Vim\\\\vim60\\\\gvim.exe" Note that both 'View Source Editor' and 'View Source' are keys and the path to vim is the default value of the later key. Also the double backslashes are not required when entering the value in regedit. I closed all browser windows and opened one to test. I entered the items manually rather than merging it as a .reg file. Note that these lines in that sample .reg file are commented out. -- Chris Altmann
Post #34,936 by static 4/10/02 6:25:23 AM Reply	I'll try that tomorrow. And let you know. Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"

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