From: Siep Korteling <s.korteling@...>
Date: 2010-02-23T00:03:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby 1.9 and loss of Windows 'right-click/edit' option

Alex DeCaria wrote:
> With Ruby 1.8 (Windows OS) I could right-click on a windows icon and
> there was an 'Edit' option that I could choose to open the program file
> using a text editor.  Now that I've switched to Ruby 1.9, if I right
> click on the icon the 'Edit' option is not present.  The only option is
> 'Open' which just runs the program.  To edit the program I now have to
> open the text editor separately and then navigate to the file.
> 
> The option to just 'right-click and edit' was very handy, and its loss
> is sorely missed.  Is there some settings in Windows that I can use to
> get it back?  Or, can it somehow be included in the Ruby Windows
> installer?
> 
> --Alex

shift-right-click ,choose "open with" and you can reconfigure it. The 
ruby windows installer does not come with an editor.

hth,

Siep
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