Hello Lynne, Oddly enough I've tried this, but the plist in question seems to be one of the binary ones. XCode opens it. Tell you what I'll do, I'll send it to you off-list and see if you find the same when you open it with textedit; with your permission of course?
Thanks, Dónal On 25 Sep 2011, at 20:32, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Donnal > > Oddly enough we've just had to do this. Under the "files" menu in the top > menu bar, select open with, then Other. Then select TextEdit as your > application. > > Lynne > > On 25 Sep 2011, at 20:29, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > > Hi all, > > Subject says it really. I'm trying to edit a plist file but: > a) it seems to be binary; > b) plist-editor seems to have disappeared from the xcode 4.1 developer tools. > > When I try to open the plist file, it now opens in xcode. However, though I > can see keys and values, and indeed add a new row (it's called untitled when > first added) I can't change the keyname or value; though I can change the > type from string to number to …. etc. > > I can use "defaults" of course, but I've found that hit-and-miss. Thoughts > welcome, > > Dónal > Dónal Fitzpatrick > [email protected] > > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> Dónal Fitzpatrick [email protected] <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
