Yep, happens to me, too. Those two are rarely effective.

Lewy
 
On Jul 8, 2012, at 4:00 AM, textmate-request@lists.macromates.com wrote:

  1.  Some .tm_properties settings being ignored (Chris Fonnesbeck)
  2.  Re: Some .tm_properties settings being ignored (Chris Fonnesbeck)

From: Chris Fonnesbeck <fonnesbeck@gmail.com>
Subject: [TxMt] Some .tm_properties settings being ignored
Date: July 7, 2012 7:38:50 AM AKDT
To: textmate@lists.macromates.com
Reply-To: TextMate users <textmate@lists.macromates.com>


I have both:

softWrap = true 
softTabs = true

set universally in my .tm_properties file, yet I occasionally open files that ignore both of these settings, requiring me to set them manually from the menu bar. Has anyone else seen this?