On 13/11/2004, at 6:47 PM, Michael A. Alderete wrote:
Well, what can I say. BBEdit doesn't do this, Word doesn't do this, FileMaker doesn't do this, Preview doesn't do this. TextMate does, and it's annoying.
It certainly makes sense for *some* applications to do this. iTunes. iCal. System Preferences. Probably a web browser (Safari and Firefox both do it).
But it also plainly *doesn't* make sense for *every* application to do this. And there are *lots* of examples of applications which do not. I'll bet I could come up with 50 just going through my /Applications folder. I'll bet I could come up with 5 other text editors for Mac OS X (BBEdit, by preference; skEdit, by default; SubEthaEdit, by preference -- just to start).
Anyway, FWIW, I find the current behavior irritating, and wish it would stop. Sometimes I just want to open something, not create something new. Having to close a blank document first is just annoying.
Michael,
Allan is trying to follow the Apple HIG to the letter, and is doing a great job. Just because Application X breaks those guidelines isn't a reason for TM to. FWIW, BBEdit provides a preference, and Preview is a viewer, not a document creator.
Yes, I agree TM should probably provide a preference, but there's no doubt that it's behaving as Apple intended right now, so complain to Apple, no Allan.
*Request* the preference to Allan, sure, but don't bitch about it eh?
Justin