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Prevent TextEdit from opening for unknown file types that are plain text
TextEdit is used by the system so it can't be removed, but I have another text editor I use and it causes confusion when text files that don't have a suffix or don't have a suffix which I've already ...
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Selecting a whole line of text, including the newline
Kind of a tricky one to describe. Here goes though. Open up your favourite text editor on OSX (well, Textedit, Coda 2, a Chrome textarea at least). Type a long line of text, followed by a short line. ...
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Good Text List transformation Software
Let's say I have a list of items like so:
default
cube
page
concave
zoom
linear
fade
none
and I want to change it to the following:
'default' => t('default'),
'cube' => t('cube'),
...
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How does Mountain Lion set the default text editor for the “open -t” terminal command?
OSX seem to offer open -t command line shortcut to open arbitrary files in the system default text editor.
Where is this default text editor set?
Can I change it from the command line (if possible) ...
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Where does OS X store unsaved TextEdit documents?
Where does Mac OS X store TextEdit's unsaved documents?
I want to programmatically:
increase/decrease that size
flush the cache
provide configuration option to control the frequency of auto ...
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Change tabstop in TextEdit.app
How does one change the tabstop in TextEdit.app for Snow Leopard?
The current tabstop is 8 spaces. I would like to change this to 4 spaces.
Is there any way to achieve this?
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2answers
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Is there a notepad that lets me change the background image?
I want to put this blackboard as the background of my notepad, so when I type, it'll look like I'm writing on a blackboard.
Do you know a simple text editor that will let me use it as a background ...
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How to 'scroll down' when there's nothing more to show? (cause I like the blank space)
When I'm working in a text document, I like to start typing at the top of the window or in the middle. I hate when the carat/cursor gets all the way to the bottom and there's no blank space left ...
