Re: Change default extension

[Patrick Woolsey]

On 11/6/15 at 9:24 AM, drfranke...@gmail.com (Frank Eves) wrote:


How do I change BBEdit's default, plain text extension from '.txt' to '.text’?



I regret this isn't possible, though you can change the default 
extension for any specific language via the 
"PreferredFilenameExtension_" key (as detailed in 
the "Expert Preferences" page of BBEdit's Help book).



Regards,

 Patrick Woolsey
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Re: Change default extension

[Frank Eves]

Thanks :) Until recently, I've always used '.txt' but a markdown app called 
Texts 
and this post  
got me thinking about using '.text' and so far OS X finder's QuickLook, Atom 
Editor, BBEdit, Byword, Smultron, Sublime Text, TextMate and Ulysses handle the 
new extension nicely. Time will tell.

Cheers, Frank

> On Nov 6, 2015, at 17:03, @lbutlr  wrote:
> OK, but be aware that this will probably cause some issues with any programs 
> that are not setup to expect .text.

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Re: Change default extension

[Lee Hinde]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabetical_list_of_filename_extensions_(S%E2%80%93Z)

Apparently it is (wikipedia-) legit.

No file type listed, probably because it's assumed.


On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 1:44 PM, Frank Eves  wrote:

> Like you, I've used personal computers for a day or two. :) My first home
> computer was a CP/M machine that used the 8.3 filename format, so, yes, I'm
> familiar with '.txt'. No argument that the '.txt' extension is the
> standard; that said, this is 2015, not the 1970s and I'd like to use
> '.text', so my question remains… My hunch is that you're correct, setting a
> language type that uses '.text' may be what I'm looking for. Is that the
> way to go?
>
> Cheers, Frank
> http://frankeves.com/
>
> > On Nov 6, 2015, at 12:50, @lbutlr  wrote:
> >
> > I hate to be that guy, but…
>
>

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Re: Change default extension

[@lbutlr]

On Fri Nov 06 2015 14:44:42 Frank Eves   said:
> 
> that said, this is 2015, not the 1970s and I'd like to use '.text’,

OK, but be aware that this will probably cause some issues with any programs 
that are not setup to expect .text.

> so my question remains… My hunch is that you're correct, setting a language 
> type that uses '.text' may be what I'm looking for. Is that the way to go?

It is the only thing that I see that would work, and you would probably want to 
create a new “Language” like “Frankentext” or similar to avoid clobbering 
anything else, either now or in the future.

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Change default extension

[Frank Eves]

How do I change BBEdit's default, plain text extension from '.txt' to '.text’?

OS X El Capitan 10.11.2
BBEdit 11.1.3

Cheers, Frank
http://frankeves.com/

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Re: Change default extension

[@lbutlr]

On Fri Nov 06 2015 07:24:49 Frank Eves   said:
> 
> How do I change BBEdit's default, plain text extension from '.txt' to '.text’?

I hate to be that guy, but why do you want to do this? Whatever problem you’re 
trying to solve or get around, this is probably not the right way to go; .txt 
is the standard and not only that, the *overwhelming* standard extension for a 
plain text file.

As far as I know, the only way to do this would be to set a language type and 
set that language type to use .text

There is an expert preference in BBEdit 10 which may still be present:

> defaults write com.barebones.bbedit PreferredFilenameExtension_ 
> -string "abc"
> 
> Replace  with the actual language name; for example:
> 
> defaults write com.barebones.bbedit PreferredFilenameExtension_C++ -string 
> "cxx"defaults write com.barebones.bbedit PreferredFilenameExtension_YAML 
> -string "yaml"
> 
> Note that the extension you specify should not include the leading period.

But I do not know if this is still in BBEdit 11 or not, nor if it would work 
with the default for files without a "language".


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Re: Change default extension

[Frank Eves]

Like you, I've used personal computers for a day or two. :) My first home 
computer was a CP/M machine that used the 8.3 filename format, so, yes, I'm 
familiar with '.txt'. No argument that the '.txt' extension is the standard; 
that said, this is 2015, not the 1970s and I'd like to use '.text', so my 
question remains… My hunch is that you're correct, setting a language type that 
uses '.text' may be what I'm looking for. Is that the way to go?

Cheers, Frank
http://frankeves.com/

> On Nov 6, 2015, at 12:50, @lbutlr  wrote:
> 
> I hate to be that guy, but…

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