How do you get the file that the user is currently editing?

Extensions
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I’m asking because I’m making an extension that lets you live edit SVGs, but as of right now I can’t figure out how to get the file that the user is viewing [the SVG] and I don’t want to have to make my own file explorer for the extension since that gets messy real quick.

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The simplest way is to use a file handle in your manifest for *.svg, you can get the current path using await replit.me.filePath()

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How do I set up the file manifest? I saw no information on that, and I’m confused. Thanks for the information, though!

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Use file handlers. They’re in the docs.

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https://replit.com/extensions-docs/API%20Reference/extension.json Scroll down. You can trigger it by clicking three dots then open with

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