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

[Tommy Nordgren]

On Apr 4, 2009, at 6:38 AM, Bill Paxton 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
>
>
	in your bash init file, create create an alias for : open -a TextMate
(or use the command open -a TextMate FileName
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Tommy Nordgren
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