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| <h1>Editing files outside the Workbench</h1> |
| <p>To edit a Workbench resource outside the Workbench:</p> |
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| <li>Navigate in the file system to the Workbench's installation directory. Go into the workspace directory and open |
| the file that you want to edit with the external editor.</li> |
| <li>Edit the file as needed. Save and close it as usual.</li> |
| <li><em>Important</em>: Go back to the Workbench, right-click the edited file in one of the navigation views, and |
| select <b>Refresh</b> from the pop-up menu. The Workbench will perform any necessary build or update operations to |
| process the changes that you made outside the Workbench.</li> |
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| <p><em>Tip</em>: If you work with external editors regularly, you may want to enable auto-refresh. This can be done |
| by opening the <a class="command-link" href= |
| 'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.ui.preferencePages.Workspace)")'> |
| <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <b>General > Workspace</b></a> |
| preference page, and checking the <strong>Refresh using native hooks or polling</strong> or <strong>Refresh on |
| access</strong> option. When at least one of them is enabled, any changes made by external editors will be |
| automatically discovered by the Workbench. Depending on the platform this may not happen immediately for |
| <strong>Refresh using native hooks or polling</strong>.</p> |
| <h3 class="related">Related concepts</h3><a href="../concepts/concepts-6.htm">Editors</a><br> |
| <a href="../concepts/concepts-6a.htm">External editors</a> |
| <h3 class="related">Related tasks</h3><a href="tasks-46.htm">Opening files for editing</a><br> |
| <a href="tasks-51.xhtml">Associating editors with file types</a> |
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