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

[Bill Paxton]

HI Scott,

Thanks for the suggestion.   However rather than eventually getting
to a point where it opens in tm, it gets to a point where it just won't
open the file in anything!  It brings up this error when I do "open"
or when I double click on a newly created file without an extension.

	The document "newfile" could not be
	opened.  Help Viewer cannot open files of
	this type.

If I use "get info" to set the application for the file,
it does now list tm.   But in spite of that, double clicking the file
or doing 'open' in terminal both give the error mentioned above.

Now the only way I can open the file is by using the Open command in tm
or by doing "Open with" using the right button on the mouse.

Sigh....   This all worked fine on 10.4, but Apple has "improved"  
things.

--Bill



On Apr 3, 2009, at 10:05 PM, Scott Haneda 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.