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Starting this week, I am unable to open my .txt files with the Dropbox Editor on the Dropbox Android phone app. I am now being presented with the following message:

Upload to View

This file type can only be viewed if it is first uploaded and converted into a Google Docs file. Do you want to continue?

I do not want to use Google Docs for my .txt files. I have tried that provided option, but you then must tie the document to a Google account, and it does annoying auto-formatting and such which I am purposely trying to avoid by using .txt files in the first place.

Is Dropbox editor being deprecated? Is there any way to use another text editor on my device instead of converting to a Google Doc and tying back to a Google account? I am unable to even try to open this document using another editor now, you get the same 'Upload to View' message when clicking the kabab menu too

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@Nancy Thanks for the quick response Nancy. What is the best way to send over a screenshot? I am not seeing a way to add it to my original post or here in a comment

OS version: Android version 14

Dropbox app version: 358.2.4

Exact message text:

Upload to View

This file type can only be viewed if it is first uploaded and converted into a Google Docs file. Do you want to continue?

My files are created as plain .txt files. In the past they would open directly with the Dropbox Text Editor as I had selected the Dropbox Text Editor as the default in the phone app.

Once you downgrade you will have to prevent Dropbox from updating to the latest version. Not sure you can do this for only one app. I currently have Android set to update all apps automatically. Must check this out also.

I'm not holding my breath on Dropbox changing the preview function. So many programmers think they know better than us serfs that have been using the software longer than that programmer has been employed.

I am another annoyed Dropbox user that HATES the default preview screeen!! At the moment it's merly an annoyance, but one that will drive me crazy after a while. UN-DO THAT "UPGRADE" I'll go back to *shudder* OneDrive....

Another really annoying "feature" of the new version are that it uses a different size font in preview mode than it does in edit mode. Even worse than that is that if you scroll down in the file and then decide you want to edit it, going into edit mode will take you back to the top of the file and you have to scroll back to find the place where you wanted to make the changes. This annoyance is compounded by the first one since the line wraps all change when the font size changes making the file look different so it's harder to find where you wanted to be.

I looked into this change, and it is expected as part of the intended functionality. This came about as part of our increase in the number of supported file types and how they are previewed in the app.

There are no plans to revert functionality here, but if you would like to request this feature, I recommend that you post on our Share an Idea board. You can find some tips for posting a great idea here.

There are times when you will need to edit WordPress files, especially if you want to change your WordPress Theme. WordPress features a built-in editor that allows you to edit files online, using any internet browser. You can also edit files copied or stored on your computer, and then upload them to your site using an FTP client.

WordPress contains two built-in editors that allow you to edit theme files directly from your browser. They are called the theme file editor and the plugin file editor.

Please note that, depending on the level of user privileges that you have, you may or may not be able to access these features in the administrative panel of your blog. Please contact your blog or website administrator, to have your privileges adjusted.

Be aware that if the theme you edit is updated, your changes will be overwritten. To better organize your changes and protect them from updates, consider creating a Child Theme in which to keep all your changes.

The built-in WordPress plugin and theme file editors are very basic, allowing you to easily view and edit plugin and theme files on your website. Please note that there are no advanced editor features such as search and replace, line numbers, syntax highlighting, or code completion.

To edit a file using the built-in WordPress plugin and theme editors, the permissions for that file must be set to writable (at least 604). You can change the permissions on files by using an FTP client program, a web-based file manager provided by your host, or from the command-line using SSH (secure shell). Your options depend on the type of access your host offers.

Back up all files before editing. If you make a mistake that causes errors, causes a site crash, creates a blank screen, or blocks access to your WordPress Dashboard, delete the changed file and replace it with a good copy from your backup.

To edit files offline, you can use any of the recommended text editors to create and edit files, and an FTP client to upload them. Make sure to view the results in your browser, to see if the desired changes have taken effect.

Note: It is not recommended to change WordPress core files other than wp-config.php. If you must change anything else, take notes about your changes, and store a copy of these notes in a text file in your WordPress root directory. You should also make a backup copy of your WordPress core files, for future reference and upgrades.

Note: If you use an external editor such as a word-processor to create and edit files, this can corrupt the file you are editing. See text editor in the glossary for a short explanation as to why you should avoid these editors.

@jamieng The Editor module is listed as legacy in the current Nightly, but you will still be able to use it. The Segment Editor module is the newer replacement module for Editor. In a future release the Editor module will be removed.

Creating a stable Slicer release still requires a lot of manual effort, so unfortunately there is often a rather long time period when a nightly version is ready to be released as stable, yet it is still only labelled as nightly version.

Except a few very specific issues (which should only affect few users), the current nightly version works well, so the potential issues of nightly version are outweighed by those many fixes and improvements that it contains.

Per-structure volume management in Editor module was always very limited. As far as I know, per-structure volumes cannot be saved into the scene but you need to merge them into one labelmap before saving. Also, Editor module stores structure names in color nodes (separate from the nrrd files), so if you only save the nrrd files, then your labels are lost.

Since all these issues are solved by the new Segment Editor module (and will not be fixed in the old Editor module), it makes sense to switch from Editor to Segment Editor module. As Segment Editor is much improved in nightly version, it makes sense to switch from 4.8.x to the nightly version.

When using the open file dialog on Eclipse, many file types open in the internal editor as expected (.java, .txt). However, others open in an external editor. For example on my system attempting to open .sh file causes it to open it in emacs, and .py files open in bluefish.

The problem with this is that when Eclipse doesn't know what to dowith a given file, it opens it with the so called "System Editor",which actually is... whatever your OS says it is, hence the "rollingdice effect". I don't think you can tell the OS to use Eclipse as thedefault editor (though I didn't try; anyway I wonder why anyone wouldactually want to do it), so you have two alternatives: either installan eclipse plug-in to manage the kind of file you want to edit (likee.g. pyDev for python), or go to Window > Preferences > Editors >File Associations and associate your file extensions to the built-intext editor in Eclipse.

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