[TxMt] Re: a small delightful feature has gone missing, I think

Bert Fitié bert at analytag.com
Thu Nov 20 08:13:40 UTC 2014


> On 19 Nov 2014, at 12:43, Allan Odgaard <mailinglist at textmate.org> wrote:
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> On 18 Nov 2014, at 23:01, Matt Neuburg wrote:
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>> IIRC it used to be that when you said File > New what you got was a file with the same extension as the currently selected file (e.g. in the project navigator). Now, however, what you get is always a ".txt" file. I wonder if that feature was just something I dreamed and, if not, whether it might return; it was mighty convenient. m.
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> I think you dreamt it up. It’s not entirely clear where the file type should be taken from (on ⌘N) nor if this is always desired (that it uses whatever file type it can grab from existing window). But I’m open for making it smarter than now.
> 
> As George mentioned, it is possible to set the default file type for new files. Unless you want to change it for different folders, I recommend setting it via Preferences → Files


For my markdown files I used the above recommended Preferences → Files method. It resulted in new files with a .mdown suffix. How do I change it to get the .md suffix, the suffix I use for my markdown files?


> instead of .tm_properties: This is just because everything set via the UI we can better control and it’s easier for a user to later discover what the value is set to.


Bert Fitié


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