Slate does not see my config file

[KathrynCrawford]

I put a new .slate file in the same directory that holds all my Slate files (on a mac users/my name/documents/slate/Slate) and Slate does not recognize it and is defaulting to the default.slate file in the same directory. I've tried moving the file around as well, to my user folder, to my documents folder, to the slate folder. None of them make a difference.

[loshlee]

AFAIK, Slate's default configuration file is still required to exist in your your home folder, and be named ".slate", which requires that you use an application other than Finder to put it there or give it that name. Finder, by default won't allow you to view a file having a name that starts with ".", so you must either rename it with a command in the Terminal app, or use an app such as TinkerTool or Onyx which has the ability to modify the Finder's default configuration so that normally hidden files become visible. One more thing, if you make the normally hidden files visible, you'll need to use command-O to open the selected .slate file rather than double-clicking it.

[KathrynCrawford]

I updated terminal to allow me to see hidden files and I don't see anything hidden in that folder. I have a default.slate file that I downloaded from this project that is in there, but if I edit it nothing happens. I also tried changing it's name to just .slate with nothing preceding the period, but it made no difference. Slate just doesn't see it. I also tried moving it (named .slate) to my home folder (Users/my name) and it made no difference.

[loshlee]

Not sure why you/re working in "users/my name/documents/slate/Slate". Try working in "users/my name".

[KathrynCrawford]

I mean, I've tried both. I've put the file in both places and neither one works for me.

[loshlee]

Paste the following into a Terminal window, press return, and describe what happens.

open ~/.slate

[KathrynCrawford]

Here's where the file is

And what terminal gave me :(

[loshlee]

Do you have a managed account? Can you log out, then log in as a different user, then view the contents of the Users folder to ensure that a kathryn.crawford folder is there? There's a chance your home folder belongs to a network domain, or that permissions aren't allowing the shell you're using in Terminal (or Slate) to see the home folder, in which case you may need some help from an administrator. Have you upgraded to El Capitan, by chance? I'm not sure whether others have successfully used Slate in El Capitan, maybe someone else can confirm it works.

[KathrynCrawford]

Ah dang it! That's probably my issue. It's my work computer, so I may not have the right permissions. I am an admin, but I know there are a few things that are blocked for me. Unfortunately I can't log in as a different user :( Thanks for your help! I'll see if IT can give me a break :P

[KathrynCrawford]

I got it to work! Turns out just moving the file in finder didn't do the trick. I opened up filezilla checked it and the file name was actually .slate.slate, but finder was just saying it was .slate. I shortened it to the right name and it worked!

[cyberixae]

I have now successfully used Slate in El Capitan. After the upgrade Slate seemed broken. It asked me for some "accessibility" permission but granting this permission did nothing. I was able to fix the problem and make Slate work again by doing as follows.

1. go to  → System Preferences → Security & Privacy → Accessibility
2. click on lock icon to unlock settings
3. enter user password when prompted for it
4. check the checkbox next to Slate
5. click on lock icon to lock settings
6. close settings window
7. quit slate by clicking on the slate icon at the top of the screen and selecting "Quit Slate"
8. press ⌘ + space to bring up application launcher
9. type "slate" and hit the return key to launch Slate

[anvaka]

I had similar problem: could swear I have .slate in my home folder. Turns out I was working over SSH in remote machine and created ~/.slate there, not on my local OSX :).

[project-guru]

I have searched for at least a couple of hours and every site I've seen assumes that the ".slate" file is in the home folder but it isn't. Can someone please tell me how/where to get the ".slate" file? I am using Tinkertool to see invisible but I see no ".slate" file in my home folder. See screenshot below.

Also, how do I get a JavaScript file to become invisible? I'm thinking in the future to use JS to make Slate more configurable.

Thanks!

[cyberixae]

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jigish/slate/master/Slate/default.slate

[project-guru]

@cyberixae What am I supposed to do with that link? In my original post I said that I can't find the file in my home directory (see screenshot in my previous post).

[jneubrand]

Create it @project-guru

On Apr 17, 2016, at 22:29, project-guru notifications@github.com wrote:

@cyberixae What am I supposed to do with that link? In my original post I said that I can't find the file in my home directory (see screenshot in my previous post).

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