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Show-PSEditor

A terminal PowerShell editor.

Show-PSEditor displays a terminal-based PowerShell editor that contains the following features. 
IntelliSense
Syntax Highlighting 
Execution
Syntax Error Tagging 
File Save and Open 
Show-PSEditor
Editing
To start the editor, you can simply call Show-PSEditor in a terminal. 
Show-PSEditor
You can open a file by using the -Path parameter. 
Show-PSEditor -Path .\file.path
Syntax Errors
Syntax errors will be shown in the editor by a red highlight. To view the text of the syntax error, click View \ Syntax Errors. 
Formatting
You can format your code in the editor if you have PSScriptAnalyzer installed. To format a script, either press Ctrl+Shift+R or click Edit \ Format. If you don't have PSScriptAnalyzer installed, you can do so with the command below. 
Install-Module PSScriptAnalyzer
Execution
To execute your script, press F5 to run the entire script. If you want to execute a select, you can press F8. You can also execute the script in the terminal and exit the editor by pressing Ctrl+Shift+F5. 
You can also use the Debug menu to access these options. 
Errors
Errors generated when running scripts will be shown in the error window. You can access it by clicking View \ Errors.

Global Hotkeys

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