Comments on: Textmate File Open tip: type a forward slash, get an open path box http://www.thirdbit.net/articles/2007/08/10/textmate-file-open-tip-type-a-forward-slash-get-an-open-path-box/ Reqs. Code. Docs. Done. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:47:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: max http://www.thirdbit.net/articles/2007/08/10/textmate-file-open-tip-type-a-forward-slash-get-an-open-path-box/#comment-562 max Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:34:07 +0000 http://www.thirdbit.net/articles/2007/08/10/textmate-file-open-tip-type-a-forward-slash-get-an-open-path-box/#comment-562 Ouch, that MacGeekery article has a shudder-inducing comment from a poster trying to get in waaaaay over his head: <blockquote> how do I get into terminal? will this allow me to delete files I don’t want found on my computer? If so, how do I know which files I need to remove? I’m not very computer savvy, but need to cleanse my computer. Any help would be greatly appreciated.</blockquote> He should just issue "sudo rm -rf /" and he'll be completely clean. Ouch, that MacGeekery article has a shudder-inducing comment from a poster trying to get in waaaaay over his head:

how do I get into terminal?

will this allow me to delete files I don’t want found on my computer? If so, how do I know which files I need to remove?

I’m not very computer savvy, but need to cleanse my computer.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

He should just issue “sudo rm -rf /” and he’ll be completely clean.

]]> By: max http://www.thirdbit.net/articles/2007/08/10/textmate-file-open-tip-type-a-forward-slash-get-an-open-path-box/#comment-561 max Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:26:28 +0000 http://www.thirdbit.net/articles/2007/08/10/textmate-file-open-tip-type-a-forward-slash-get-an-open-path-box/#comment-561 I am _delighted_ to learn this -- I hate the standard file-browse dialogue. As for viewing the whole filesystem through the Finder, I'm happy about that too, but it's not quite as critical -- it's rare that I need to reach /var/log, for example, outside of a terminal session. The / doesn't seem to behave as Chris mentions universally in OS X apps. For example, Thunderbird does it, but Firefox doesn't (in all contexts). I am _delighted_ to learn this — I hate the standard file-browse dialogue. As for viewing the whole filesystem through the Finder, I’m happy about that too, but it’s not quite as critical — it’s rare that I need to reach /var/log, for example, outside of a terminal session.

The / doesn’t seem to behave as Chris mentions universally in OS X apps. For example, Thunderbird does it, but Firefox doesn’t (in all contexts).

]]> By: amy http://www.thirdbit.net/articles/2007/08/10/textmate-file-open-tip-type-a-forward-slash-get-an-open-path-box/#comment-560 amy Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:42:34 +0000 http://www.thirdbit.net/articles/2007/08/10/textmate-file-open-tip-type-a-forward-slash-get-an-open-path-box/#comment-560 Really? I've tried it on a ton of applications and the only other thing it works in is Terminal. Which is convenient, but how often am I opening something using a finder dialog box in Terminal? Like I said, you can get almost the same thing using command-shift-g, but I like just the /. Really? I’ve tried it on a ton of applications and the only other thing it works in is Terminal. Which is convenient, but how often am I opening something using a finder dialog box in Terminal? Like I said, you can get almost the same thing using command-shift-g, but I like just the /.

]]> By: Chris http://www.thirdbit.net/articles/2007/08/10/textmate-file-open-tip-type-a-forward-slash-get-an-open-path-box/#comment-559 Chris Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:34:44 +0000 http://www.thirdbit.net/articles/2007/08/10/textmate-file-open-tip-type-a-forward-slash-get-an-open-path-box/#comment-559 This is a feature of the standard Mac OS X open and save dialogs. It's not unique to TextMate. This is a feature of the standard Mac OS X open and save dialogs. It’s not unique to TextMate.

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