diff --git a/browser/configure.zcml b/browser/configure.zcml
index 4ea275e..ef06f15 100644
--- a/browser/configure.zcml
+++ b/browser/configure.zcml
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@
       schema="loops.interfaces.IDocumentSchema"
       fields="title data contentType"
       for="loops.interfaces.IDocument"
+      template="edit.pt"
       permission="zope.ManageContent"
       menu="zmi_views" title="Edit" />      
 
@@ -288,6 +289,7 @@
       schema="loops.interfaces.IMediaAssetSchema"
       fields="title data contentType"
       for="loops.interfaces.IMediaAsset"
+      template="edit.pt"
       permission="zope.ManageContent"
       menu="zmi_views" title="Edit Media Asset"
       />
diff --git a/browser/edit.pt b/browser/edit.pt
index 71f51ae..b7cbc13 100644
--- a/browser/edit.pt
+++ b/browser/edit.pt
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
             metal:define-slot="heading">
           <span tal:content="view/label"
                 i18n:translate="">Edit something</span>
+          <a href="#"
+             tal:condition="python: hasattr(context, 'data')
+                                and getattr(context, 'contentType', '').startswith('text')"
+             tal:attributes="href string:${context/@@absolute_url}/external_edit">X</a>
         </h3>
 
         <p tal:define="status view/update"
diff --git a/configure.zcml b/configure.zcml
index bada4a3..6ebfcfc 100644
--- a/configure.zcml
+++ b/configure.zcml
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@
   <adapter factory="loops.resource.IndexAttributes" />
   <adapter factory="loops.resource.IndexableResource" />
   
+  <adapter factory="loops.resource.DocumentWriteFileAdapter" />
+  
   <adapter factory="loops.type.ConceptType" />
   <adapter factory="loops.type.ResourceType" />
   <adapter factory="loops.type.LoopsTypeManager" />
diff --git a/resource.py b/resource.py
index 468b9a5..f49036c 100644
--- a/resource.py
+++ b/resource.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from zope.app import zapi
 from zope.app.container.btree import BTreeContainer
 from zope.app.container.contained import Contained
 from zope.app.file.image import Image as BaseMediaAsset
+from zope.app.filerepresentation.interfaces import IWriteFile
 from zope.component import adapts
 from zope.i18nmessageid import MessageFactory
 from zope.interface import implements
@@ -145,6 +146,18 @@ class ResourceManager(BTreeContainer):
         return self.getLoopsRoot().getViewManager()
 
 
+class DocumentWriteFileAdapter(object):
+
+    implements(IWriteFile)
+    adapts(IDocument)
+
+    def __init__(self, context):
+        self.context = context
+
+    def write(self, data):
+        self.context.data = data.replace('\r', '')
+
+
 class IndexAttributes(object):
 
     implements(IIndexAttributes)