How can you get the Arduino IDE to re-load changes made outside the IDE's editor

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I'd prefer to use a professional programmer's editor (SlickEdit) to edit my *.ino files, but when I do, the Arduino IDE doesn't notice that the file changed. In fact, even if I try to open the same file, it still doesn't pick up the changes. In fact, I can't even CLOSE the file without closing the entire IDE altogether, which means now I need to find it once again in order to open it up and pick up my changes.

How do I get the IDE to re-load changes made in the *.ino file that are made outside of the Arduino editor?

Thanks.

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Check the "use external editor" box in the Arduino preferences.
It will prevent the IDE from editing the file, and reload it before each compile.

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Thanks!

It'd be cool if it allowed editing in both (even if it only updated if local changes were saved), but oh well. Thanks for the tip. It works as advertised. :slight_smile: