Accessing a Rails Application's Ruby Source Code and Other Application Files

To open a Rails application in TextMate select the application and choose Open App in TextMate from the Application menu. This opens a hierarchical view of the application in a TextMate window. (If you're not familiar with it, TextMate is a popular commercial text editor for working with Ruby source code.)

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If you want to open just the source code for a particular table, select the table then choose Open Table Code in TextMate from the Table menu. This opens just the source files associated with this particular table.

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To directly access the files in a Rails application choose Reveal in Finder from the Application menu.

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