opening text file

Michael Kallweitt wrote:
> nakisa wrote:
>
>> I am new in Mac (in linux also ) , I want to open a text file
>> independent of Terminal .For example I use " vi test.txt " and the
>> terminal open my file ,but inside the terminal .
>> I want to open in outside , in an editor ,so I can make some changes .
>> how it is possible ?
>> best,nakisa
>
>
> Well, vi *is* an editor. But if you wish to open a text file in OS X's
> GUI editor, you type "open -a TextEdit test.txt" at the shell prompt.
> This has nothing to do with Linux.


And if you want to initiate this from the Finder, just drag and
drop the text file onto the icon for the TextEdit application. I
like to keep TextEdit in the dock handy for just this reason as
it is useful for poking around and "exploring" in various types
of files.

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In article <4954f826$0$14689$bc1648c9@news.kamp.net>,
Michael Kallweitt <M.Kallweitt DeleteThis @gmx.de> wrote:

> nakisa wrote:
>
> > I am new in Mac (in linux also ) , I want to open a text file
> > independent of Terminal .For example I use " vi test.txt " and the
> > terminal open my file ,but inside the terminal .
> > I want to open in outside , in an editor ,so I can make some changes .
> > how it is possible ?
> > best,nakisa
>
> Well, vi *is* an editor. But if you wish to open a text file in OS X's GUI
> editor, you type "open -a TextEdit test.txt" at the shell prompt. This has
> nothing to do with Linux.

You can also change your command-line editor by changing the value of
the $EDITOR environment variable:

<http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050601124919803>

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nakisa <nakisa.nooraee.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:

> hi everybody .
> I am new in Mac (in linux also ) , I want to open a text file
> independent of Terminal .For example I use " vi test.txt " and the
> terminal open my file ,but inside the terminal .
> I want to open in outside , in an editor ,so I can make some changes .
> how it is possible ?
> best,nakisa

Generally, double-clicking on a .txt file will open it in TextEdit.

You can also download text editors such as TextWrangler or
Smultron and then in the Finder select (highlight) a .txt file.
Next using Finder -> File -> Get Info (aka Command-I), and change
the "Open with:" field so it specifies the the text editor you
would prefer open your .txt files. Finally click on the "Change
all..." button. Now that text editor will open every .txt file
you double click on.

TextWrangler
<http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18529>
Smultron
<http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/24012>

You can use the Get Info -> Open with .typ association if there
are other text files with some standard .typ field you like to use
AND that .typ is not normally associated with some common standard
file type (for example it would be bad to choose .jpg, or .pdf, or
..mov, etc...) and associated that .typ with your perferred GUI
text editor.

Bob Harris

On 2008-12-26, nakisa <nakisa.nooraee.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> I want to open a text file independent of Terminal .For example I
> use " vi test.txt " and the terminal open my file ,but inside the
> terminal . I want to open in outside , in an editor ,so I can make
> some changes . how it is possible ? best,nakisa

As others have said, you can just double-click on the file from the
Finder to open it using whatever application is associated with its
type. (By default, text files will open in Apple's TextEdit.)

If you want to open them in a GUI editor *from the commandline*, that
is a bit more complex question. You can do "open filename.txt", which
mimics double-clicking on the file (opening it in the default
application), or you can explicitly specify an application with the -a
flag, for example:

$ open -a /Applications/FooEdit.app myfile.txt

Alternately, TextMate (which costs a non-trivial amount of money but
is quite worth it), comes with a shell command that lets you launch it
from the CLI and provides some more features than just using "open".
If you spend a lot of your time working in Terminal and are most
comfortable manipulating files that way, this is very nice.

There's more information about that feature (which is just one very
small part of why I like TextMate) here:
<http://manual.macromates.com/en/using_textmate_from_terminal.html>

Hope this helps.

-Kadin.