Has anyone had any success in getting an external code editor to work for editing Houdini Python code. I am on Catalina and set up the eternal editor path in the Houdini.env file:

VISUAL = “/Applications/VisualStudioCode.app”

However whenever I try launch the external editor from the Python Source Editor I always get the following error in the terminal (console) window:

Spawn Error: : Permission denied
Error running /Applications/VisualStudioCode.app
Argument list:
0: /Applications/VisualStudioCode.app
1: /tmp/houdini_temp/hfs9616-7.tmp.py

I suspect this is something to do with the very strict security of Catalina, however no amount of adding Houdini (or the binary in the app package) to the various panes in the system Preferences>Security & Privacy>Privacy panes will enable Houndni to launch VisualStudioCode. I always get the aforementioned error.

any help appreciated,
thanks,
Richard.

PS Houdini Indie 18.391, MacOS 10.15.4