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Texmate 2 file browser is empty

This is probably quite a simple oversight on my part, but googling hasn't helped, so...

The file browser always appears empty in my installation of Textmate 2.

I thought it might be some problem with the include/exclude preference settings. Right now they're 

Exclude: {*.{o,pyc},Icon\r,CVS,_darcs,_MTN,\{arch\},blib,*~.nib}
Include: {.html,.tex,.txt,.tm_properties,.htaccess}
Non-text files: {*.{ai,bz2,gif,gz,icns,ico,jpg,jpeg,m4v,nib,o,pdf,png,psd,pyc,rtf,scssc,tar,tbz,tgz,tif,tiff,xib,zip},Icon\r}

Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • The include pattern tells TextMate what you want included.

    Set it to * to include everything (except hidden files). The default is: {*,.tm_properties,.htaccess} which includes all non-hidden files and additionally files named .tm_properties and .htaccess (which are normally hidden).

    In your pattern, you have set it to only include 5 files.

    I assume what you want is something like: *.{html,tex,txt}. Though by explicitly including these file types, you indirectly hide all other file types.