[TxMt] Re: TextEdit opens intead

[Tad Lamb]

Ed,

Here is the information from the directory listing.

11675308 Nov 18  2010 TextMate

Looks like 11MB, which is odd since I would expect it to be larger than
TextEdit.

- Tad



Ed Wong-3 wrote:
> 
> Check the size Tad. Is it around 16.3 MB. In which case it really is
> TextEdit with the TextMate icon.
> 
> Ed
> 
> 
> On 2011-11-22, at 2:31 pm, Tad Lamb wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I've checked the Applications folder and executed the command below.
>> 
>> Only one instance of TextMate in both instances.
>> 
>> I know, it does seem like TextMate has been replaced somehow.
>> 
>> - Tad
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Walter Lee Davis wrote:
>>> 
>>> Could you just look in your Applications folder (not the Dock) and find
>>> the TextMate icon there (and see if there's more than one, that would be
>>> odd). Double-click that icon.
>>> 
>>> Also, try this:
>>> 
>>> ls -l /Applications | grep TextMate | grep -v grep
>>> 
>>> From what you've said, it sounds very much like TextMate.app has been
>>> replaced by a symlink or hard link to TextEdit.app. 
>>> 
>>> Have you done any TimeMachine restores?
>>> 
>>> Walter
>>> 
>>> On Nov 22, 2011, at 12:15 PM, 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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