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Renaming files and more Finder integration on macOS

#1

Hi,
I’m moving away from Textwrangler as it’s no longer Catalina compatible.

Two things I use a lot with Textwrangler on MacOS are:

  • Right click on a text document in the side bar and use “Reveal in Finder”. Can’t see this option in SublimeText when opening a single txt file.

  • The ability of being able to rename a file in Finder whilst it’s open in TextWrangler. Normally the editor reflect the name change straight away, but If I try the same in Sublime text the editor think I’ve deleted the file and doesn’t update the name at all.

Any idea if both of the above points are possible ?

Thanks!

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#2

While the first requested function is provided by https://packagecontrol.io/packages/TabsExtra, the renaming detection sounds quite interesting.

Sounds like a feature request at https://github.com/sublimehq/sublime_text/issues would be a good idea to see what the core devs think about it. This request may be related with https://github.com/sublimehq/sublime_text/issues/677

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#4

The filesystem notification API of Windows provides information about renamed files and directories. So retargetting views should be possible. Not sure about the challanges required for Linux though.

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#5

Thanks. TabsExtra is good enough. Can Rename directly from Sublime and Reveal in Finder.

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#6

Much obliged. TabsExtra is adequate. Can Rename straightforwardly from Sublime and Reveal in Finder.

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