On Mar 6, 2008, at 6:10 AM, Neil Lee wrote:
One feature from TextMate that I'm really missing is the ability to
open a folder into the sidebar as a project - I know you can
approximate this using BBEdit's Disk Browser feature, but you can't
actually edit the files in that window - you need to double-click on
them to open them.
Is there any way to approximate this feature in BBEdit? Or is the
editor drawer for single files only?
The side drawer in BBEdit is analogous to TextMate's tabs at the top
of the window. In other words, it's simply a list of the currently
opened files. As an aside, I personally find BBEdit's implementation
better than TextMate's tabs. It allows a larger number of open files
to be easily accessed (up to 39 files before a scrollbar appears on my
display), better accommodates long file names, and doesn't consume any
of my precious vertical screen space.
The best equivalent to TextMate's project drawer is BBEdit's File
Group feature, the only significant difference being that File Groups
appear in separate windows. You can add/remove/open files from the
File Group, mimic directory structures from the file system, and
create arbitrary groupings not directly associated with a directory
structure on disk. BBEdit's File Groups also support a large variety
of file types, not just text files. For example, in my project File
Groups, I frequently add bookmarks from Safari or .webloc files that
refer to bits of information related to the project, like PHP
documentation.
I suppose some people might prefer to have the File Group attached to
a BBEdit window like TextMate's project drawer, but I kind of think
having it as a separate window affords greater flexibility. It's
easier to have multiple projects or groupings open at the same time, I
can position the File Group window wherever I want (even on a second
display), and it leaves the drawer on BBEdit's document window free
for listing open files as mentioned above.
Hope this helps,
Dennis
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