Thanks for the reply --- I agree that the file system is conceptually the right place to group files but quite often I want a link to a file to appear in several projects. So either I drop into Terminal and create symbolic link (ln -s <source> <target>) or I use TextMate to create virtual groupings.
If I want (say) TeX to work on the groupings then I have to create symbolic links (not Mac aliases) so I would welcome TextMate creating the links.
Incidentally, Finder in Leopard seems not to able to follow symbolic links as it did in Tiger --- is there a document/web site that describes what is going on with (Mac) aliases and (Unix) symbolic links in Leopard ?
Phil
On 25 Apr 2008, at 06:20, Allan Odgaard wrote:
On 22 Apr 2008, at 08:03, Phil Molyneux wrote:
Why are groups in TextMate projects being dropped from 2.0 ?
Because the file system is there to group files into folders. Having TextMate do the exact same thing is IMO conceptually wrong. It also complicates things like for example having commands run on a project and generally just makes your project “groupings” non- portable.
Using the file system makes a lot more sense, and things which were previously “project specific” can then instead be “folder specific”, which is generally exactly what it is.
It seems quite useful to have a file appearing in several (virtual) places. Without groups I guess I would have to create actual directories and (symbolic) links to actual files which would be less convenient than having TextMate create virtual groupings (or am I missing something obvious here?)
I am not sure I agree that using the file system is less convenient -- but let’s hold off discussing this till there actually is a beta.
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