[TxMt] Re: Keyboard shortcut to set file type

Guoliang Cao gcao at vonage.com
Tue May 26 20:35:56 UTC 2009


That works great!

Thank you very much.
> On 2009-May-26, at 3:10 PM, Guoliang Cao wrote:
>
>   
>> I've been using TextMate for almost a year now and like it very much.
>> I'm trying to stay off my mouse and here is one task I think I  
>> should be
>> able to do without using mouse. From time to time, I copy some code  
>> to a
>> new editor window and run. What is the keyboard shortcut to invoke the
>> file type dropdown in the bottom of the editor?
>>     
>
> It's set per-language, so in theory, it could be anything, but the  
> standard convention is to use ⌃⌥⇧+[first letter of the name]. So  
> HTML for instance is ⌃⌥⇧H. If there are multiple matches (which  
> there usually are), you'll be given a menu to pick from.
>
> This doesn't technically open the menu at the bottom of the window  
> like you asked, but I think it's what you're looking for.
>
>   




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