I have some script files from a particular shell, the xonsh shell. The scripts are plain text files and have the extension “.xsh”.
For reference purposes I want to keep a few xonsh scripts in DEVONthink. When I add a text file with the xsh extension to DEVONthink, it appears with the the Kind xsh and is not displayed as a text file.
How can I change the Kind of the file to Text once it is imported ?
You can’t.
Select DEVONthink’s Help > Documentation > Appendix > Hidden preferences and follow the intsructions to add the extension as a plain text filetype.
Does this mean, in order to give a document another Kind I have to re-import the document (and trash the old one)?
This works a treat (for new to-be-imported documents). Thanks a lot for this trick!
Surprisingly, now xsh documents shows up correctly even on other devices (iPad) which do not have the Hidden Preference set. So, I guess, this Preference applies only at the Import stage.
Well, I just want to know whether it is possible to change the Kind after import - but I guess taht’s not possible. So deleting and re-importing is the way to go.