Hyper implicitly using Notepad to edit preferences
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Description
- I am on the latest Hyper.app version
- I have searched the issues of this repo and believe that this is not a duplicate
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OS version and name:
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Single Language
OS Version: 10.0.19041 N/A Build 1904 -
Hyper.app version:
3.0.2 (latest) -
The issue is reproducible in vanilla Hyper.app:
Is Vanilla
Issue
Hyper implicitly uses Notepad.exe to edit its preferences, but from Windows 2004 onwards, notepad has become an optional feature and doesn't come pre-installed. This leads to the following error:
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No file, test, or entry point is identified in the issue. Reproduce preference editing on Windows 10 without Notepad installed, trace how Hyper launches the editor, and verify that users can edit preferences without the reported error.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100