How to work with External Tools?
In Keepmark you can configure other external tools to work with. Mainly, I can be other applications, or shell scripts run for the selected document. Before you start you should configure them in Application Settings.
![Configure External Tools Configure External Tools](https://malcolm-en-gb.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/instances/KbDfhq67ZM/resources/0bjHumCZW1/configure-external-tools.png)
Here on screen you can see configuration for Typora (which is a very good markdown editor).
- Go to application settings
- Select 'External tools'
- On list you can see configured tools, with option to edit them or remove.
- Here you add new External tool.
- Select on enter location of external tool
- Configure run arguments - usually we want to add file path as argument, but you can add also other parameters.
- Add list of files extension to which this tool will be available
When you create External Tool, you can use it for selected files:
![Use external tools Use external tools](https://malcolm-en-gb.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/instances/KbDfhq67ZM/resources/D2ZkD0Fs0U/use-external-tools.png)
- Select file which should be passed to external tool
- Click 'Share' button
- Select configured External Tool (in this case it's Typora).