Thanks for everyone's input on this. Not sure I have a "special" environment, but I do tend not to use the .pl extension on my Perl source files (the target environments don't need it). And as I mentioned to Rich separately, I do have several file extensions that I use just for my stuff (I wouldn't expect MacOS to recognize them).
I do notice that certain file types (.txt, .pl, .zip) are consistently recognized in the the open... dialog. Some seem hit or miss (like .log), and others (.tgz, image files, no file extension) are not. Interestingly, Word docs (docx) are recognized ... In any case, based on several recommendations, I did go in to the options in the dialog and told it to show hidden files. After that, I can left-click and open the files as usual (although they still show faded out). That's a sufficient workaround for me. Thanks again, cheers. Ken On Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 1:31:53 PM UTC-5 Ulrich Kapp wrote: > Hi Rich, > > I can’t reproduce the issue Ken L reported. > In my environment (MacBook Pro Mid 2010, Patched macOS Mojave, BBEdit > 13.5.5) everything works fine, even when I assign the .pl files are to > another editor than BBEdit in the Finder. > > Maybe there’s something weird in his special environment? > > Ulrich > > > Am 16.02.2021 um 17:03 schrieb Rich Siegel <[email protected]>: > > > > On 16 Feb 2021, at 10:55, Ken L wrote: > > > >> Summary of issue is that when I try to use the "Open..." dialog, most > of my > >> text source files (I'm a Perl programmer usually) show up in the window > as > >> greyed out. > > > > They may show that way; but you can still click on them or double-click > to open. The Open panel in macOS is weird and sometimes slow to catch up. > There's nothing particularly wrong; that's just how it is. > > > > R. > > > > -- > > Rich Siegel Bare Bones Software, Inc. > > <[email protected]> <https://www.barebones.com/> > > > > Someday I'll look back on all this and laugh... until they sedate me. > > > > -- > > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature > request or need technical support, please email "[email protected]" > rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: < > https://twitter.com/bbedit> > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/A2CEA9EA-238D-489C-9885-90364D1A3D90%40barebones.com > . > > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/ad6e8bc0-5c42-4114-ad53-e5da90e1b4a6n%40googlegroups.com.
