You can either single or double click files in the project drawer. The complexity of this system will be addressed in a future release. For existing folder references one can select the folder reference in the project drawer and use the info button (a circled letter I) in the project drawer to edit the patterns. The patterns are only used when creating new folder references. To reverse that, so that items which match are excluded from the project, prefix the pattern with an exclamation point ( !). If the pattern does match the item, it is included, otherwise it is excluded. These are regular expressions which are matched against the full path of each file and folder. This can be done by changing the file and folder patterns found in Preferences → Advanced → Folder References. When using folder references, you may want to have certain files or folders excluded from the project. The refresh delay for network mounted disks will be addressed in a future release. TextMate will then create a folder reference where it automatically updates the contents of the folder when it changes on disk.Ĭurrently updating is done when TextMate regains focus and can be slow for some network mounted disks, in which case you may want to settle for only adding individual files to the project (which can be grouped and re-ordered manually to mimic the structure on disk). When you want to have your project mimic the files and folders on disk, you can drag a folder either onto the TextMate application icon, or into the project drawer.

It is also possible to create projects from the terminal e.g. If you leave a (saved) project open when you quit TextMate, it will automatically re-open that project the next time you launch TextMate.

which files were open) and to be able to quickly re-open a particular set of files. The advantage of saving a project is to maintain state (e.g. One minor detail is that when creating a project this way, you will not be asked if you want to save the project, when it is closed. This is a shortcut for creating a new project consisting of these files. It is possible to add files either by dragging them to the (project) drawer, or use the “Add Existing Files…” action in the project drawers action menu (the one with the gear icon).Īnother way to create a project is by dragging files directly onto the TextMate application icon (shown e.g. This opens a window which looks like the one below.

Fortunately it is easy to create a project, namely by selecting File → New Project (⌃⌘N). In the current version of TextMate (1.5) file tabs are only supported when a project is created. Working With Multiple Files Creating Projects (With Tabs)

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