Change or Set the Greasemonkey Script Editor in Firefox

If you are a fan of the Greasemonkey extension for Firefox you might wonder how to change the script editor/viewer as there is no option for this in the UI. It’s even worse when you download scripts from some website and the line endings don’t work in the inferior default editor.

Holy Jumbled Notepad, Batman!

 

Change Greasemonkey Script Editor

Type about:config into the address bar, and then filter by the following:

greasemonkey.editor

If the key does not exist, right-click in the empty area and create a new string, giving it the following values:

• Key Name: greasemonkey.editor
• Key Value: Full path to an editor that doesn’t suck as much as notepad.

This tip should work for any operating system that supports Firefox. Thanks to Daniel for forgetting how to do this and inspiring the article. =)

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This article was originally written on 01/23/08 Tagged with: Firefox, Firefox & Web

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Comments (8)

1. January 23, 2008 4:31 am
   Shankar Ganesh

   Oh! This is very useful.

   I’ve tried editing GM scripts before, but I couldn’t get them opened anywhere.

   This tip is really handy.

   Thank you!

2. January 23, 2008 5:36 am
   Scott

   I can’t tell you how long I’ve needed to make this adjustment… and now I know how, thanks to you! Thank you!

3. January 23, 2008 9:34 am
   jambarama

   Since GM scripts are just .js files, what I’d always done was just open them from the directory path & associate .js files with Notepad++. This is a much better solution.

4. January 23, 2008 11:02 am
   D3

   thanks

5. May 28, 2008 2:17 pm
   Dale

   Thanks so much for the info about changing the editor for Greasemonkey. I chose notepad the first time I edited a script and I was going crazy trying to change it to Progreammer’s Notepad. Great site.

6. May 28, 2008 2:18 pm
   Dale

   jambarama

   Since GM scripts are just .js files, what I’d always done was just open them from the directory path & associate .js files with Notepad++. This is a much better solution.

   I tried that and it just wouldn’t work for me.

7. May 28, 2008 5:36 pm
   Steve

   Thanks a lot. This was exactly what I needed!

8. June 23, 2009 7:34 am
   br8

   thanks man!