6.8 Managing a Bunch of Collections  ↑

6.8.2 Open Project Folder

In addition to the normal Open and Open Recent commands beneath the File menu, Notenik also has an Open Project Folder command.

You may invoke this command to select a folder containing one or more items that Notenik can open individually. Subfolders avoiding certain common names (css, files, fonts, etc.) will also be scanned for eligible items.

Notenik will then construct a pseudo-collection from these items, and present it to the user. The collection will be in read-only mode, but can be used to open / launch any of the items appearing on the list.

The following types of items will be listed in a Project Folder pseudo-collection:

• Notenik Collection Folders
• Notenik Script Files
• BBEdit Project Files
• Open in FInder
• Open in Nova items, which will be generated if the corresponding General Setting has been turned On
• Web Location Files
• Text Files, at the top level only

Note that a BBEdit project file found at the top level of a project folder will show in the generated pseudo-collection with a Title of Open in BBEdit.

Note that the Tags tab will organize these Collections and Scripts by folder, and also by item type.

Note also that Notenik will store a file in the project folder named ‘- project-INFO.nnk’, in order to preserve metadata about the pseudo-collection.

And finally, note that a project folder can be specified as the user’s essential collection.