TextMate frozen attempting to open a large file

Question

I attempted to open a large javascript file with TextMate and it is now frozen. I have tried closing and reopening TextMate but it continues to freeze due to the recently opened file. Is there a way to reset/clear the recently opened files in TextMate?

score 32 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 09 '15 at 10:45

32

If you open TextMate from the Finder with a double click and hold shift pressed, you will get this dialog:

"Disable" will do exactly what you want, "Restore Documents" will continue to restore them.

answered Sep 09 '15 at 10:45

kwood

9,854
2
28
32

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 08 '15 at 18:34

3

Try setting this parameter:

defaults write com.macromates.textmate OakDisableSessionRestore 1

answered Sep 08 '15 at 18:34

Buddy

10,874
5
41
58

1

Just for the record: This works, but disables sessions permanently. One would set it to 0 / false afterwards to get the default behavior back. – kwood Sep 09 '15 at 10:46
The other answer didn't work for me (textmate 2.0.23, Mac OS Monterey). Thanks – boulder_ruby Feb 07 '23 at 16:32

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 05 '23 at 12:50

https://github.com/textmate/textmate/blob/master/Frameworks/Preferences/src/Keys.mm

shows the user "defaults" strings to use.

In your/my case (2.0.23 on 12.6.7) use:

"defaults write com.macromates.textmate disableSessionRestore 1" to disable
start textmate again in CLI "open /Applications/TextMate.app"
close app
"defaults write com.macromates.textmate disableSessionRestore 0" to re-enable default behavior
open app again

TextMate frozen attempting to open a large file

3 Answers3