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

[Bill Paxton]

Hi Andrea,

Thanks -- the alias indeed takes care of the command line part of the  
problem.
But I'd like to be able to double click on the files too.  And so far,  
nothing
has fixed that.

The Finder seems to have something against TextMate!  It refuses to open
files with it even when Get Info lists tm as the "Open with"  
application.

Actually, the Finder doesn't really hate TextMate -- it just seems to  
get confused
when trying to find it in the Applications folder and picks someother  
app instead.

Here's an example:

1) create a new extensionless file
	echo 'ff' > newfile

2) select and Get Info for newfile.  It says Open with: TextMate.app

3) double click newfile.
	Finder tries to open it with an old version of GraphicConverter!

Move the old GraphicConverter to trash and try again.
This time I get the following message:

	You can't open this document because the
	application "TextMate.app" is in the Trash.

So -- the Finder thinks that the old GraphicConverter is TextMate.
The real TextMate.app is sitting in Applications still.

After doing a Restart, double click on newfile now causes it to open  
in TeXShop!
The Finder has picked up a different app to use in place of TextMate.


-Bill



On Apr 4, 2009, at 4:07 PM, Andrea Crotti wrote:

> I think that there is a much easy solution:
> alias tm="open -a /Applications/TextMate.app"
> in your .bash_profile
> and you're done (if I understood correctly)