[TxMt] Re: TextEdit opens intead

[Walter Lee Davis]

TextMate.app here is 40.8MB according to Finder. (in Snow Leopard) Try looking at it in Finder, in columns view, and see what the size listing is there when you have the Preview triangle flipped down in the last column.

Walter

On Nov 22, 2011, at 2:49 PM, Tad Lamb wrote:

> 
> 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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