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The launch-editor-middleware npm package is a middleware for Node.js that allows you to open files in your preferred editor from a web application. It is particularly useful for development environments where you need to quickly navigate to the source code of a file directly from the browser.
Open a file in the editor
This feature allows you to set up a route in your Express application that can be used to open files in your preferred editor. When you navigate to the /__open-in-editor route with the appropriate query parameters, the specified file will be opened in your editor.
const express = require('express');
const launchEditor = require('launch-editor-middleware');
const app = express();
app.use('/__open-in-editor', launchEditor());
app.listen(3000, () => {
console.log('Server is running on port 3000');
});
The open-editor package provides a simple way to open files in your preferred editor from a Node.js application. Unlike launch-editor-middleware, it is not middleware and does not integrate directly with web frameworks like Express. Instead, it provides a function that you can call to open files in the editor.
The opn package (now deprecated in favor of open) allows you to open files and URLs in the default application for their type. While it can be used to open files in an editor, it is more general-purpose and not specifically designed for development workflows like launch-editor-middleware.
The open package is a more modern alternative to opn and provides similar functionality. It allows you to open files, URLs, and other resources in the default application for their type. Like opn, it is not specifically tailored for opening files in an editor from a web application, but it can be used for that purpose.
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express middleware for launching editor
The npm package launch-editor-middleware receives a total of 772,759 weekly downloads. As such, launch-editor-middleware popularity was classified as popular.
We found that launch-editor-middleware demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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