VisualDiffer allows to choose
- how to view text files on external editors like BBEdit or SublimeText
- how to compare files on external comparator like Kaleidoscope or BBEdit
The integration requires some shell scripts, these scripts allow the editor caret to move position at specific line or open new buffers on existing application instance.
You can install all integration scripts running the command shown below
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/visualdiffer/externalapp-integration/HEAD/install.sh)"
新建 editors can be configured creating specific scripts inside the directory
"$HOME/Library/Application Scripts/com.visualdiffer/"
The script must have a very specific file name ending with .sh.
The file name is the so-called App Bundle Identifier and can be found by executing from Terminal.app the following command (the example uses Sublime Text)
osascript -e 'id of app "/Applications/Sublime Text.app"'
that returns com.sublimetext.4 so the file name will be
com.sublimetext.4.sh