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Clarify Text Edit empty states and path hints - #648

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Summary

First-time Text Edit users hit confusing empty-state and path gaps:

  • No empty-pane guidance beyond a faint editor placeholder; unclear it is a single-file editor (not Text Compare).
  • Path field had no file-path placeholder; Enter did nothing.
  • Open stayed tip-less when disabled for a missing path.
  • Open/save errors were raw String(error) dumps.
  • Path footer format said jargon Everything Else.

Changes

  • Stage-aware empty hint (choose file → press Enter / Open).
  • File-path placeholder; Enter opens the file when a path is set.
  • Clearer Open tooltip when no path is chosen.
  • Route open/save errors through formatCompareError.
  • Path footer format label Text; clearer editor placeholder.

Test plan

  • TextEditView unit tests (empty / Enter)
  • Prettier / ESLint / Stylelint / vue-tsc (pre-commit quality)
  • CI green

Add stage-aware empty hints, a file-path placeholder, Enter-to-open,
clearer Open tips, and plain Text metadata labeling so first-time users
know the next step.
Path footer format label is Text instead of Everything Else.
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baseGame merged commit fbca7f7 into master Oct 6, 2026
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