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[Frustrating] Editor doesn't save my external script editor preferences.

Discussion in 'Editor & General Support' started by vexe, Apr 19, 2015.

  1. vexe

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    Hi all,

    It seems no matter what I do, Unity always resets the values I set for my custom external editor tool which is gVim upon restart. I set the editor executable to gVim.exe, and the arguments to `--remote-silent +$(Line) "$(File)"` but if I close and open Unity the settings revert back to UnityVs. Frustrating indeed since I sincerely hate VS. I've asked this before on UA but didn't get any answers. (crosslink)

    Thanks for any help.
     
    Last edited: Apr 19, 2015
    vexe, Apr 19, 2015
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  2. Tomas1856

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    Just a guess, but try deleting UnityVS folder from your project, maybe it's constantly tweaking that value when assembly reload happens.
     
    Tomas1856, Apr 19, 2015
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  3. vexe

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    @Tomas1856 Thanks for the reply. That does seem to work, deleting UnityVS folder and restarting Unity the setting persist. However; that's not a solution for me because I still use VS for debugging...
     
    vexe, Apr 19, 2015
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  4. Tomas1856

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    You should ask UnityVS developer regarding this behavior, maybe there is some setting for this.
     
    Tomas1856, Apr 19, 2015
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  5. vexe

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    Sent an email to Jb, he confirmed that UnityVS does indeed override the setting but I could tell UnityVS not to do that by unchecking: Visual Studio Tools | Configurations | Open scripts with visual studio
     
    vexe, Apr 20, 2015
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  6. JBurien954

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    Where do I find that checkmark thing for that
     
    JBurien954, Feb 19, 2022
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  7. JBurien954

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    Well all I had to do was file save project not save scene
     
    JBurien954, Feb 19, 2022
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  8. dead_byte_dawn

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    Just came across this when switching to VS-2022. thanks.
     
    dead_byte_dawn, Apr 20, 2022
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  9. valba

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    I did this with 2021.1.7f1 and still the same, I set VS-2022 in preferences but every time I close and open Unity, VS-2019 is set again.
     
    valba, Apr 22, 2022
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  10. Klamore74

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    Same problem here with 2021.3.2f1. I need to re-setup it every time unity starts.

    I tried also to remove vs-2019 but didn't works
     
    Klamore74, Jun 7, 2022
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  11. enaielei

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    Having the same problem on Unity 2021.3.7f1. Can confirm this solution is working.
    Just set your preferred external script editor then save the project right after.
    upload_2022-8-4_22-9-15.png
     
    enaielei, Aug 4, 2022
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  12. Roodewald

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    Reinstalling Visual Studio helped me. If the problem persists, try reinstalling Unity Editor already
     
    Roodewald, Oct 18, 2022
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