"Edit in new tab"

The "Edit in new tab" Atom package creates a context menu entry for editing selected text in a new Atom pane/tab and set its syntax automatically if it's installed.

That's it!

Installation

Install atom-edit-in-new-tab from Atom's Package Manager or with Atoms CLI apm:

$ apm install atom-edit-in-new-tab

Usage

Key Bindings

"atom-workspace": {
  "ctrl-alt-e": "atom-edit-in-new-tab:edit"
}

Options

| Option | Values | Description | | ------------------- | ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Cut Selection | true or false | Cut selection in original document, instead of just copying it. Default: false. | Select | true or false | Selects the newly added text. Default: false. | Auto-indent | true or false | Indents all inserted text appropriately. Default: false. | Auto-indent newline | true or false | Indent newline appropriately. Default: false. | Auto-decrease indent | true or false | Decreases indent level appropriately (e.g. when a closing bracket is inserted). Default: false. | Normalize line endings | true or false | Normalize line endings after insert. Default: true.

KUDOS

The idea is based on a tweet from @LeaVerou on twitter