contextmenu on mac?

Submitted by TheGhost on Wednesday, 27 May, 2009 - 05:54

Hello,
how can I add jedit to the context menu on a Mac to open several file types (html, txt, dat, ...)?
Thanks
Dominik

If you used the Mac installer

by elberry on Thu, 28/05/2009 - 04:06

If you used the Mac installer (dmg) then you should already have it. You may have to go to "other" and find it.

If you want to associate it with a particular file type, you can right click the file and choose "Get Info".

From there, you should be able to find the file type association.

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hm, i did use the dmg. Maybe

by TheGhost on Thu, 28/05/2009 - 11:39

hm, i did use the dmg. Maybe this is because I am using 4.3pre16 and not the stable...

using the "Get Info" would not change the context menu, but the default application to open a flie, right?

Right, but after you use jEdi

by elberry on Fri, 29/05/2009 - 20:15

Right, but after you use jEdit for that type, it should come up as part of the accepted applications in the context menu.

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for future reference: jEdit, Open with..., and Apple's UTI magic

by phos on Thu, 12/05/2011 - 22:42

I'm appending this comment to an old discussion since I've just dealt with this issue, and the two weeks of searching I did were a bit frustrating due to poor documentation on Apple's part. jEdit 4.4 pre1, Mac 10.6.7.

Choosing jEdit as a custom "Other..." selection for "Open with" does not result in a persistent jEdit "Open with" option for any file type I've checked. YMMV but I have never seen the behavior described above.

To make jEdit available as an "Open with..." Finder context menu option for basic text files as well as a useful assortment of source code (the following assumes a basic understanding of XML):

Copy the relevant Universal Type Identifier (UTI) definitions out of another text editor that uses the XML variant for Info.plist. I copied mine from Sublime Text 2. It's a good start.
Add the other definitions you need.
Replace the old Info.plist with your new one.
Drag the updated jEdit.app (with your new Info.plist) *out* of your Applications folder, no matter how deep it was. Drop it on the Desktop or something. Then drag it back in to /Applications/ , no deeper. Wait a moment.
Check to see whether your context menu now works as desired.
Put jEdit.app wherever you want under the Applications heirarchy.

Worked for me. Good luck, everyone.

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