On 24 Sep 2009, at 12:19 AM, Marek Stepanek wrote:
> Fritz Anderson wrote:
>> It's been a while (maybe a year) since I attempted to use my LaTeX
>> clippings. This included an upgrade to Snow Leopard.
>>
>> When I tried to use the LaTeX.tex folder, I discovered that it had
>> been turned into a bundle: It appears in the Finder as a document
>> (containing my clippings). Get Info shows it is of the "tex" kind,
>> and
>> Open With shows it is claimed by TeXShow (default), Excalibur,
>> LaTeXiT, and TextMate. BBEdit doesn't recognize the "bundle" as a
>> clippings folder.
>>
>> (The default application for .tex files is shown as Numbers, BTW.)
>>
>> Attempting to rebuild the Launch Services database didn't appear to
>> do
>> anything, but I could believe I didn't do that correctly. I had
>> thought there was a command-line tool that would explain how a
>> particular file was claimed, but I don't find it.
>>
>> What has happened, and what can I do to stop it?
...
> I have had this issue recently myself and asked this group, without
> getting an answer. This issue has nothing to do with your Snow
> Leopard.
> I have had this problem too on OS 10.5
>
> Solution is very simple: remove the extension ".tex" of
> ~/Library/Application Support/BBEdit/Clippings/LaTeX Glossary.tex
I downloaded the latest MaxTeX distribution (2008) and installed it.
That cleared it up. It turned out that in the previous distribution,
the graphical applications claimed the .tex extension as a bundle.
Lord knows why.
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