Set TextMate as the default text editor on Mac OS X

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Ben picture Ben · Feb 21, 2012 · Viewed 39.8k times · Source

How can I set TextMate as default text editor on Mac OS X?

I've tried it with

ln -s /Applications/TextMate.app/Contents/Resources/mate ~/bin/mate
export EDITOR='mate -w'

but that doesn't work.

Answer

Timeout picture Timeout · Feb 21, 2012

Just right (or control) click a file of the type you want to change and:

"Get Info" -> "Open with:" -> (Select TextMate) -> "Change All"

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