Reputation: 1478

How to get a hyperlink on a web page to open a file in a text editor (Sublime Text)

I'm working on a large static website (Jekyll) and would like to be able to click on a link on a page in browser (Chrome) which will open it's corresponding source file on the local machine (Sublime). I can get the absolute link of the file.

From the console (Ubuntu) I can do:

subl path/to/file.txt

to open a file, so perhaps an extension that allows command execution on trusted domains?

Upvotes: 3

Answers (3)

tino

Reputation: 553

Ubuntu There is a solution for Ubuntu

Windows Method

You first have to install a Protocol Handler in the Windows registry. (Reference: Custom protocol handler in chrome)

This will get Chrome to run a command when a subl:path/to/file link is clicked. But you can't simply run sublime_text.exe subl:path/to/file, because Sublime doesn't understand the subl:path/to/file parameter. You first have to extract the filename with a script and then call Sublime with a single file parameter.

Solution 1

This is a Solution for Windows, that opens links with the format

subl://open?url=file://<path_to_file>&line=4

It first registers a Script as a Protocol Handler, which in turn calls Sublime

Solution 2

I edited Solution 1 to open links in the format

subl://path/to/file:line

Just follow Solution 1, but change open_file.vbs to:

' path to sublime_text.exe
Dim sublime_path
' CHANGE THIS:
sublime_path = "C:\Programme\Sublime Text 3\sublime_text.exe" 

Dim text, filename
' get first command line argument
text = WScript.Arguments.Item(0)

filename  = Split(text, ":/")(1)

Dim run_command
run_command = """"&sublime_path&""" """&filename&""""

Dim objShell
Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" )
objShell.Run(run_command)
Set objShell = Nothing

(You have to change the path to your sublime_text.exe)

Mac https://github.com/corysimmons/subl-handler

Upvotes: 2