---
name: "zopeedit"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "zopeedit"
version: "0.9.3-2"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/zopeedit"
---

# zopeedit(1)

helper application that handles the interaction between the Zope ExternalEditor product and the client side applications

## NAME

**zopeedit** - helper application that handles the interaction between the Zope ExternalEditor product and the client side applications

## SYNOPSIS

**This program is intended to be called by the web browser in response to the application/x-zope-edit MIME type, and is not meant to be called directly by the user except for debugging or testing purposes.**

## DESCRIPTION

Most web browsers should respect the MIME handling instructions in the /etc/mailcap metamail capabilities file, where an entry should have automatically been placed by the system to let zopeedit handle the application/x-zope-edit MIME type.

However, if your web browser does not respect mailcap, or if it was not automatically updated during installation, you can simply specify

**/usr/bin/zopeedit**

as a new helper application in your web browser of choice to handle downloads of MIME type

**application/x-zope-edit**

for you to be able to edit Zope objects using your favourite editor.

Further customization may be made after the first run of the helper application on the file

**~/.zope-external-edit**

More information on configuration and debugging are available in the upstream author's home page at \<http://www.zope.org/Members/Caseman/ExternalEditor\>.

## FILES

- *~/.zope-external-edit*

  ## SEE ALSO

**[mailcap(5)](/mailcap/5.md)**

## AUTHOR

This manual page was initially written by Andreas Tille \<tille@debian.org\>, and is maintained by Federico Sevilla III \<jijo@free.net.ph\> as part of the zopeedit package for the Debian GNU/Linux system. It may be used freely by others.