Is there any way to edit snippets and templates outside the MODx?

Is there any solution to make snippets, templates and maybe resources of MODx site available to e开发者_如何学Godit with external editor? Besides this hack which make site less "native".

Thanks!

As you are basically editing the contents of a database any method of editing will not be native.

If you want to edit them in a separate editor to get nice syntax highlighting then Edit Area is a nice plugin.

Even if the question is rather old, you can check any resource, snippet or chunk to be "static". So it will be stored in the filesystem. You can then access and edit it via FTP and use any editor you like.