On Dec 22, 2008, at 3:02 PM, Dennis Cox wrote: > > On 12/22/08 2:28 PM, "Craig Heilman" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have a BBEdit project that contains several different types of >> files. If I >> select a PDF file in the project window, I see the contents in the >> editing >> pane. Double-clicking the PDF file in the project window has no >> effect. >> >> For example: >> >> %PDF-1.6 >> %‚„œ” >> 32 0 obj <</Linearized 1/L 210350/O 35/E 97267/N 4/T 209663/H [ 996 >> 329]>> >> blah blah blah... >> >> I checked the contextual menu and searched the manual and the >> preferences but >> I can't seem to find an option that will allow me to double-click >> PDF files in >> the project window and have them open in my PDF viewer of choice >> (e.g. >> Preview.app). >> >> Suggestions? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Craig > > If you put PDF in BBEdit’s Help panel search box, the first hit is > “Expert > Preferences”. If you select that and use the gear to find PDF you > eventually > will come to this section: > > “By default, PDFs are considered text files and so may be opened and > searched along with all other text files. To have PDFs treated as a > special > file type (they will be ignored for any operation that requires a text > file): > > defaults write com.barebones.bbedit Services:DontTranslatePDFs -bool > NO” > > It is kinda hidden. But from personal experience, I always check out > the > expert preferences section...some gems in there. > > Dennis Cox
That did the trick although for some reason, the one PDF file that I had previously opened (as text) via the Project window would still not open as a PDF until I removed it from the Project file and re-added it. Might be a bug so I'm copying support on this. Thanks, Craig ----------------------------------------------------------------- Craig A. Heilman Bugaboo Software - Software Engineering & Consulting http://www.bugsoft.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
