On Jan 21, 2009, at 1:53 PM, Joel Reymont wrote: > Is there a way to have the open files drawer open on the side of the > disk browser?
Not that I know of. I believe files are automatically opened and closed as you switch between them, so there's only one file open at a time. I think disk browsers are designed for browsing very large numbers of files across your disk, so you probably wouldn't want them to stay open. > I find the TextMate approach of having the project/disk browser and > tabs in a single window extremely convenient, whereas with BBEdit I > constantly have to switch back and forth between the two windows. > > Generally, I would start my editing session with "mate ." to get a > "disk browser" with the contents of the current directory. AFAIK, TextMate doesn't have a disk browser, only projects. Since TextMate only supports tabbed windows in projects, it creates an "impromptu" project on the fly when you open multiple files simultaneously. Apparently it does the same thing when passed a directory. BBEdit, on the other hand, can group multiple files into a single editor window *without* creating a project (see Preferences -> Documents & Drawer -> New & opened documents). You can also drag and drop files (or proxy icons from the title bar or toolbar) into a BBEdit editor window's drawer to add them to that window. Furthermore, you can use the "Collect Text Documents into Front Window" script under BBEdit's scripts menu to condense all open text files into a single editor window. So rather than using "bbedit ." (which assumes you want a disk browser when a director is passed in), perhaps you could use "bbedit *.php" or something similar to open all the files you want in a single window. But to really replicate TextMate's behavior with a passed folder, it seems like you'd need a way to open the current directory as a project (not a disk browser). Perhaps this could be done with AppleScript, but I haven't really explored scripting of projects yet. Hope this helps a bit. -Dennis --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en If you have a specific feature request or would like to report a suspected (or confirmed) problem with the software, please email to "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
