[TxMt] Re: how can I make TextMate the default editor for text files on 10.5.6

[Scott Haneda]

In case you can not find a solution... Sometimes you can force a reset  
of default apps. Zip up textedit and delete the original.

Now open your file. It should open in tm. If not, zip the next app.  
Eventually you get to a point where the files open in your desired app.

 From there just restore your zipped apps. Hell, may not hurt to trash  
textedit, though it comes in handy for poking at pesky Word files.

--
Scott
Iphone says hello.

On Apr 3, 2009, at 9:38 PM, Bill Paxton <paxton at kitp.ucsb.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> How can I get 10.5.6 to use TextMate as the default application to
> open text files instead of using TextEdit?
>
> For example, if I do the following, I'd like the new file to open in
> TextMate:
>
> grep 'test' *.c > newfile
> open newfile
>
> Currently, this opens in TextEdit (ugh).
>
> For files with an extension, I can get the system to use TextMate for
> all files with that extension.
> But I'd like something that works automatically for files without
> extensions (like "newfile" in the example).
>
> Also while it works to use "get info" to set the "open with"
> application for an existing file,
> when I do "Change All..." to use TextMate, I get the following error:
>
>    An error occurred while changing the application that
>    open "newfile" because not enough information is
>    available.
>
>
> I'm using Version 1.5.8 (1498).
>
> Thanks,
> Bill Paxton
>
>
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