[TxMt] Re: open file NOT into tab of existing window

jason jgavris at gmail.com
Fri Apr 13 15:28:51 UTC 2018


So, I would also really like this feature, or something like it. I would
love to work on two documents that are siblings in the directory hierarchy
in two windows (split vertically).

On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 11:20 AM, Matt Neuburg <matt at tidbits.com> wrote:

>
>
> > On Apr 13, 2018, at 4:19 AM, Michael Sheets <mummer at whitefalls.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Like if you open a file that is in the root of your documents folder
> then any file in that folder will open in that window even if it is a few
> levels down in the hierarchy.
>
> Very good explanation, thank you! That's quite right; if I open two files
> from within the same directory they end up as tabs in the same window, but
> if I open two files from disparate directories they end up as separate
> windows.
>
> So what I'm asking for is something like a menu item Open In New Window...
> so that I can pick a file and have it open in a separate window (rather
> than having to open the file and _then_ move the tab to a separate window
> as I'm doing now).
>
> Similarly, it might be nice to have a modifier key such as Shift that I
> can hold down during a drop onto the TextMate icon and have the file open
> in a separate window.
>
> m.
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