[TxMt] Re: TextEdit opens intead

[Ed Wong]

Check the size Tad. Is it around 16.3 MB. In which case it really is TextEdit with the TextMate icon.

Ed


On 2011-11-22, at 2:31 pm, Tad Lamb wrote:

> 
> I've checked the Applications folder and executed the command below.
> 
> Only one instance of TextMate in both instances.
> 
> I know, it does seem like TextMate has been replaced somehow.
> 
> - Tad
> 
> 
> 
> Walter Lee Davis wrote:
>> 
>> Could you just look in your Applications folder (not the Dock) and find
>> the TextMate icon there (and see if there's more than one, that would be
>> odd). Double-click that icon.
>> 
>> Also, try this:
>> 
>> ls -l /Applications | grep TextMate | grep -v grep
>> 
>> From what you've said, it sounds very much like TextMate.app has been
>> replaced by a symlink or hard link to TextEdit.app. 
>> 
>> Have you done any TimeMachine restores?
>> 
>> Walter
>> 
>> On Nov 22, 2011, at 12:15 PM, Tad Lamb wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Walter,
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the reply.  Yes, believe it or not, when I click the TextMate
>>> icon in the Dock TextEdit opens up instead of TextMate.  I checked my
>>> default for text files and it is set to Smultron.
>>> 
>>> I've been a Mac user for about 3 years now, but something like this is
>>> still
>>> magic for me.  I don't know how to 'open up the hood' and edit what
>>> happens
>>> when a Dock icon is clicked.  Also, as further confirmation, I typed
>>> 'mate'
>>> in the Console and TextEdit opened up that way too.
>>> 
>>> - Tad
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Walter Lee Davis wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Are you saying that you double-click on the TextMate icon in your
>>>> Applications folder and TextEdit opens instead? I've never heard that
>>>> one. 
>>>> 
>>>> If you're saying that you double-click on a text FILE and TE opens it
>>>> instead of TM, that's understandable and easy to fix. Click on one such
>>>> text file in your Finder, and choose Get Info (Command-I). In the
>>>> inspector panel, look for the Open With section, and choose TM. Then
>>>> click
>>>> the Open all documents with this application (not the actual words,
>>>> something like that) and confirm that you really mean it. Should fix the
>>>> problem permanently (or until the next major sun-spot event...).
>>>> 
>>>> Walter
>>>> 
>>>> On Nov 22, 2011, at 11:36 AM, Tad Lamb wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Recently, when I try to open TextMate, TextEdit opens up instead.  I
>>>>> cannot
>>>>> figure out how to launch TextMate.  I think this started happening
>>>>> around
>>>>> the time I upgraded to Lion, but I am not sure if there is any
>>>>> connection.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I rebooted one time and was about to launch TextMate, but now even if I
>>>>> reboot it still brings up TextEdit.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for your help,
>>>>> 
>>>>> - Tad
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
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