Hi,
While this may not be true for other interpreted files, the convention that seems to have been established for batch files, HTML files, etc is that the Open (default) menu item runs (or displays) the given file, and that there are non-default Edit options for each possible editor (e.g., Notepad, Dreamweaver, etc.). Adopting this convention, each interpreter would add "Open in <interpreter>" to the context menu, providing the user an option to make this the default behavior,
It's not always true, consider .c files - double clicking them doesn't compiled and execute them. It seems different things do different ways, so I'd say Haskell should do what's most useful.
and would, if necessary, also install an "Edit with <interpreter>" option.
No interpretters actually allow the user to edit within them at the moment, hence one Edit action seems sufficient. If this were to change, then this seems a reasonable way of representing it. The advantage of having one Edit command which is the default is that its a single unambiguous default, and doesn't result in things stealing from each other etc. No one has to "decide" if they are a GHC user or a Hugs user, then can all just be happy. I think its possible to make an Edit command the default, would that make you happier? i.e. no open, but by default you edit. Thanks Neil