Re: [TxMt] Original file not appearing in project drawer after "Save as…"

Bernat Lleonart bernat.lleonart at gmail.com
Fri Aug 31 13:24:11 UTC 2007


Hi,

On 31/08/2007, Jeroen van der Ham <jeroen at je-ju.net> wrote:
> Bernat Lleonart wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been seeing this for some time, and I'd like to know if any of
> > you knows what the problem is:
> >
> > Let's say I'm editing a file (file1.html), and I save it with another
> > name (Save as file2.html). After that action, I'll be editing
> > file2.html, but if I want to open file1.html, it doesn't show in the
> > project drawer. I can't access it using Command+T, either.
> >
>
> Yes, unfortunately this is they way TextMate works...the current design
> of the drawer does not allow live monitoring of the underlying file system.

I didn't know that.

>
> > If I quit Textmate and reopen it, then I can see file1.html in the
> > drawer.
>
> It should be enough to just switch to another app, and then back to
> TextMate. That triggers an update of the drawer, and then your file
> should appear.
>

That's true, thanks for the tip :)



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