[TxMt] Features req: a webkit output window

[Allan Odgaard]

On Dec 3, 2004, at 2:41, Dominique Peretti wrote:

> I wish I could format the output of TM's commands in html, and make 
> html links able to launch other TextMate commands !

Adding webkit as the output for commands is certainly possible. But I'm 
not sure how links should communicate with TextMate.

What I can do is introduce a custom URL scheme, like “txmt://” -- *but* 
this would be a global new URL scheme and open to browser exploits 
similar to the help:// and telnet:// proof-of-concept exploits half a 
year ago.

I'll have to check the webkit documentation for how easy it is to add a 
local URL scheme just for the instance I use in TM.

Although having a “global” scheme does have the advantage that e.g. a 
wiki could have a special txmt:// link to edit the page in TextMate ;)

> I would also like to be able to use a TextMate webkit window that 
> would be called from somewhere else.

Adding AppleScript support to TM is getting closer, so I'll keep that 
in mind.

> I wish this window could be an interactive one, in Textmate. Thus I 
> could jump directly to the error by clicking a link, etc...

Ah, now I see why you've been requesting the --line for the (fictive) 
tm utility (if that was you!?!).

Currently you can make TextMate jump to a file/line using AppleScript, 
but the “structure” is binary (it's from the MetroWerks External Editor 
IDE) so unfortunately it requires a language that can do this (e.g. C).

I'll have that tool made for b9 (I know I promised it for b8 ;) ).