On Apr 12, 2018, at 2:04 PM, Grady Player <gradyplayer(a)gmail.com> wrote: I think he might mean with opening from the dragging to the application icon, or with the `mate` command... It is a minor annoyance for me... the number of minor annoyances are kind of adding up in general for me. If I were less lazy I would fix them, or fork it and fix them... or find another editor... but I bought a copy of text mate like 12 years ago... and that is a lot of laziness inertia to overcome. -Grady _______________________________________________ textmate mailing list textmate(a)lists.macromates.com http://lists.macromates.com/listinfo/textmate

wrote: then any file in that folder will open in that window even if it is a few levels down in the hierarchy. Very good explanation, thank you! That's quite right; if I open two files from within the same directory they end up as tabs in the same window, but if I open two files from disparate directories they end up as separate windows. So what I'm asking for is something like a menu item Open In New Window... so that I can pick a file and have it open in a separate window (rather than having to open the file and _then_ move the tab to a separate window as I'm doing now). Similarly, it might be nice to have a modifier key such as Shift that I can hold down during a drop onto the TextMate icon and have the file open in a separate window. m. -- matt neuburg, phd = http://www.apeth.net/matt/ pantes anthropoi tou eidenai oregontai phusei Programming iOS 11! http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920107408.do iOS 11 Fundamentals! http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920107415.do RubyFrontier! http://www.apeth.com/RubyFrontierDocs/default.html _______________________________________________ textmate mailing list textmate(a)lists.macromates.com http://lists.macromates.com/listinfo/textmate

On Apr 12, 2018, at 3:30 PM, Matt Neuburg <matt(a)tidbits.com> wrote: I think the best way to explain how to work with the issue is to learn how TextMate treats windows and projects. Then you should understand why TextMate sometimes opens a document in a tab vs a window. So firstly in 2.0 everything is a project, in 1.x this wasn’t the case as a project was a specific thing that was created. When you open a directory in TextMate that becomes the project, if you open a file in a window by itself it’s parent directory becomes the project directory for that window. The project determines where Find in Project and Open Quickly search along with other features. It is also the directory that many bundle items will use as the working directory, etc. Now if you open a file the already opened projects are checked, if the file is contained within that project it is opened as a tab in that project to help group and organize your work area. If the file is not contained in an open project it gets a new window and becomes a project itself. If your getting a case where you are seeing all documents opening in a single window this is likely because you have a window with a very high project directory. Like if you open a file that is in the root of your documents folder then any file in that folder will open in that window even if it is a few levels down in the hierarchy. This can also happen if you open a file in the root of your home folder. Check if this is the case in the window you are having an issue with and either close that window or reset the project directory lower down by using the path menu at the top of the file browser (It offers the option to set the current directory as the project directory). -- Michael Sheets – MacroMates Support Tip of the Day: Use ⌃⌘T (control-command-T) to see a list of currently available bundle items, start typing to filter the list. _______________________________________________ textmate mailing list textmate(a)lists.macromates.com http://lists.macromates.com/listinfo/textmate