[TxMt] Markdown with Textmate and Spotlight: What file extension is best?

[Tom Offermann]

(This isn't  specifically a Textmate question, but I know a lot of Textmate
users use Markdown, so I was hoping someone could help.)

How do I name Markdown files so that they are:

  1) Recognized automatically by Textmate as Markdown files when you open
them,
  2) Indexed automatically by Spotlight,
  3) Use a unique extension (like .markdown) rather than a generic .txt
extension?

Right now, if I use the default .markdown extension, the file isn't indexed
by Spotlight.  If I save a Markdown file without any extension, it's neither
indexed by Spotlight, nor is it recognized by Textmate as a Markdown file.

A .txt extension is recognized by Textmate and indexed by Spotlight, but I
was hoping to use a different file extension--one that could distinguish
Markdown files from other text files.

How do other people solve this problem?

Thanks,
Tom
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