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raylight
raylight

Reputation: 727

Is there any way or tweak that I can do on Node-RED to open the template and function nodes on an external editor?

On Node-RED, when we press Ctrl+f and type a word, we can see all nodes that contain that specific word. When I have different nodes carrying code on both function and template nodes, sometimes it'd be useful to open all selected nodes or filtered nodes on an external editor. Just so I'd be able to do some bulk edits on my nodes (even though Node-RED organizes the main idea of the code, I miss the possibility of editing code on multiple nodes at once). In my specific case, I know how to use Vim and how to edit multiple files at once with it. So, is it possible to do on Node-RED? Can I configure Node-RED to open the content of the template and function nodes on an external editor that I have installed on my system?

I know that this functionality would mean that the editor would open outside the browser and it would only work on the computer that I have Node-RED installed. This is the kind of functionality that I would need just sometimes to bulk rename some variables and edit similar blocks of code across different files.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 394

Answers (1)

hardillb
hardillb

Reputation: 59866

No it is not possible.

The closest would be a contrib node that supports storing the code in a function node in a separate files. I know it was built but I can't find it on https://flows.nodered.org and I don't think it has been kept up to date with changes/updates to the core function node. It also offers no way to launch an editor to edit those files or a way to trigger a deployment when the files are changed.

Upvotes: 1

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