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

[Tim Rand]

Oops sorry, didn't read your whole email. Please forgive me for
telling you what you already know.
Tim

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Tim Rand <timrandg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Find a .txt file click it select it (click on it), press command + i,
> on the resulting info panel, choose textmate from the drop down menu,
> also push the Change All... button to make this change the new default
> for all .txt files. From now on double clicking a .txt file opens it
> in TextMate. (this is a basic mac trick that can be used to set the
> default app for any file extension--enjoy)
> Tim
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Scott Haneda <talklists at newgeo.com> wrote:
>> 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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