[TxMt] Re: TextEdit opens intead

[Phil Dobbin]

On 22/11/11 17:15, "Tad Lamb" <tad at tadlamb.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the reply.  Yes, believe it or not, when I click the TextMate
> icon in the Dock TextEdit opens up instead of TextMate.  I checked my
> default for text files and it is set to Smultron.
> 
> I've been a Mac user for about 3 years now, but something like this is still
> magic for me.  I don't know how to 'open up the hood' and edit what happens
> when a Dock icon is clicked.  Also, as further confirmation, I typed 'mate'
> in the Console and TextEdit opened up that way too.

Try putting:

`export MP_EDITOR=/Applications/TextMate`

&

`export EDITOR=/usr/bin/mate`

In your .bash_profile

Cheers,

    Phil...