Posted by Tim Streater on 11/20/06 10:55

In article <1163957574.210046.187410@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>,
"kenoli" <kenoli@igc.org> wrote:

> I would like to get into my php.ini file using TextWrangler. I am not
> familiar enough with vi or other UNIX editors to be confident I won't
> screw something up trying to edit it with them. However, even when I
> CHMOD the file to 777, TextWranlger shows it grayed out when I try to
> open it through the TextWrangle file menu ("Open Hidden . . .").
>
> This makes me think that there is some Macintosh setting making it
> unopenable in TextWrangler, since permissions are set to 777.
>
> Otherwise, I'm wondering if there is some UNIX ownership issue that is
> causing this.
>
> Does anyone have experience with UNIX/Mac that can help me with this?

Did you choose "All files" when you choose "Open ..." from the File menu
(choose this in the "Enable" menu in the Open Dialog)? Can you open
other files? I use TextWrangler for all my editing PHP and have no
problems in doing so.

-- tim

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