I sometimes I have to do some work with .htacces files but i don't like the idea of showing hidden files.
How do you guys handle these situations? do you toggle the show hidden files option? if so do you have a trick for doing so without the terminal?
Or do you have some kind of pro trick that i don't know of?
most editors have an option to show hidden files when in the open dialog box. So, I leave them hidden but 'see' them when selecting a file to open. What are you using?
As @wolfcry911 mentioned, most text editors will show hidden files like .htaccess or .gitignore.
If, for whatever reason, I need to access a hidden file via Finder (OS X), I'll just pop into Terminal and show them, do whatever to my file, then hide them again. It's super easy in 10.7 and 10.8:
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles NO
In some cases you might need to relaunch Finder, which is as easy as holding Alt and right clicking on the Finder icon in the dock and hitting 'Relaunch'.
I've been using Path Finder lately, which has a toggle for this, but I also usually have a terminal window open to the current working folder to run git commands from, and the project folder in my Sublime Text 2 sidebar. There are many ways of doing this, in short.
If you're a Mac user google TinkerTool. It's a free application which can reveal hidden files with a couple of mouse clicks. And it's not scary like the Terminal (though it might just be me that thinks that).
I sometimes I have to do some work with .htacces files but i don't like the idea of showing hidden files.
How do you guys handle these situations? do you toggle the show hidden files option? if so do you have a trick for doing so without the terminal? Or do you have some kind of pro trick that i don't know of?
What do you mean by hidden files? Are you talking about the list of files you might see inside a directory?
most editors have an option to show hidden files when in the open dialog box. So, I leave them hidden but 'see' them when selecting a file to open. What are you using?
Personally I use Total Finder which comes with a toggle built in for showing hidden files such as .htaccess.
I just use a Workflow in Alfred to toggle the visibility. Easy enough to create but here is a similar workflow to the one I created: http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/315-hidden-files-toggle/?hl=+hidden++files
As @wolfcry911 mentioned, most text editors will show hidden files like .htaccess or .gitignore.
If, for whatever reason, I need to access a hidden file via Finder (OS X), I'll just pop into Terminal and show them, do whatever to my file, then hide them again. It's super easy in 10.7 and 10.8:
Then to turn it off again:
In some cases you might need to relaunch Finder, which is as easy as holding Alt and right clicking on the Finder icon in the dock and hitting 'Relaunch'.
I've been using Path Finder lately, which has a toggle for this, but I also usually have a terminal window open to the current working folder to run git commands from, and the project folder in my Sublime Text 2 sidebar. There are many ways of doing this, in short.
If you're a Mac user google TinkerTool. It's a free application which can reveal hidden files with a couple of mouse clicks. And it's not scary like the Terminal (though it might just be me that thinks that).