[TxMt] Re: TextEdit opens intead

[William Pickens]

interesting, before giving Phil's solution a try, I'd suggest deleting text mate app and its preferences files(back up the pref files so you don't lose any customizations) to see if that fixes it.

since I've upgraded to lion, its been nothing but trouble for me(outside of text mate issues, just issues in general)


On Nov 22, 2011, at 9:27 AM, Tad Lamb wrote:

> 
> Yes, it happens from the Applications folder too.
> 
> 
> 
> William Pickens wrote:
>> 
>> try removing it from the dock and adding it back.
>> 
>> does this happen as well when opening TM from the applications folder?
>> 
>> On Nov 22, 2011, at 9:15 AM, Tad Lamb wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Walter,
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> - Tad
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Walter Lee Davis wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Are you saying that you double-click on the TextMate icon in your
>>>> Applications folder and TextEdit opens instead? I've never heard that
>>>> one. 
>>>> 
>>>> If you're saying that you double-click on a text FILE and TE opens it
>>>> instead of TM, that's understandable and easy to fix. Click on one such
>>>> text file in your Finder, and choose Get Info (Command-I). In the
>>>> inspector panel, look for the Open With section, and choose TM. Then
>>>> click
>>>> the Open all documents with this application (not the actual words,
>>>> something like that) and confirm that you really mean it. Should fix the
>>>> problem permanently (or until the next major sun-spot event...).
>>>> 
>>>> Walter
>>>> 
>>>> On Nov 22, 2011, at 11:36 AM, Tad Lamb wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Recently, when I try to open TextMate, TextEdit opens up instead.  I
>>>>> cannot
>>>>> figure out how to launch TextMate.  I think this started happening
>>>>> around
>>>>> the time I upgraded to Lion, but I am not sure if there is any
>>>>> connection.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I rebooted one time and was about to launch TextMate, but now even if I
>>>>> reboot it still brings up TextEdit.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for your help,
>>>>> 
>>>>> - Tad
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
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