[TxMt] TMProject: How to make a copy of a TMProject for taking away?

[Hans-Joerg Bibiko]

Maybe, one can make usage of Smart Folders instead of symlinks.

--Hans

On 25 Apr 2008, at 08:47, Phil Molyneux wrote:
> 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 ?
> 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.