On 30 Nov., 21:22, Rich Siegel <[email protected]> wrote:
> I guess it depends on what you intend to do with the project.
> :-) If you want to create a project with just that folder in it,

I use to grab a folder in the finder, drag it over the BBEdit icon in
the dock and have the bbproject (temp, insta, who cares: it looks like
a project). I work with the files in it until it's 5pm - now it's time
to quit the office and continue ... later.

how great it would be if i just could SAVE that project now.

sedning bbedit to sleep is not an option: the next morning something
_very urgent_ has to be done, and my temp.proj.insta.thing will be
closed. gone are the open files...

> there's no advantage to using an insta-project and then saving
> it; it's just extra steps. Instead, make a new project document
> and add the desired folder to it.

I do see the advantage in fast creating by dragging a folder.
BBEdit's behaviour is (for my 'feeling' very un-mac-like: I've
something open but I cannot get-it-saved1 Instead I have to "create-a-
real-project-doing-it-in-the-only-official-way-they-intended-this-to-
be-done", drag my folder from one window to another, loose info on
open files, have to live with that.... grmbbl)

> Otherwise, if you want to use an insta-project as a starting
> point, go ahead and add files, collections, etc. to it, and when
> you go to close it, BBEdit will offer to save it for you.

big kotau and thank you for this workaround: from now on I can
- drag a folder over bbedit's icon in the dock to get that insta-
project
- drag a-really-useless-textfile into the insta
- click the red close-box
- save the project (btw: why is there no checkbox for [ ] hide
extension ?)
- reopen it
- remove the really-useless-textfile
- and continue happily

thanx a lot.

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