[TxMt] Help with bundles (fanboyism again)

Andreas Wahlin andreaswahlin at bredband.net
Wed Oct 5 09:46:39 UTC 2005


> 4.  "Think Different".  BBEdit made you work in a certain way, TM  
> will change much of that. Not for the worse, but for the better, so  
> be prepared to let go of your old style, workflow, methods etc, and  
> embrace the new. You are not alone in finding it hard to begin with  
> in the first few days, but there are plenty of examples of users  
> being converted very quickly. I am one of them :)

Hear hear!
When I first switched to OS X I wast frustrated about the lack of a  
good editor, and almost considered going to linux instead for  
Quanta ... but now I'm perfectly happy with TextMate. Yes, to truly  
wield it's power you have to know regexp, which I still don't  
(although I've gotten plenty of help right here on the list), but you  
can always cut and paste a bit in the bundles. The bundles are the  
key, and shouldn't be THAT hard to interpret.

> Finally, a related/un-related point. IF you're not already using  
> RubyOnRails to do your web development stuff, then start using it  
> now. I wasted a year of not wanting to change my workflow, learn  
> something new, etc etc, and now I'm cursing myself to sleep every  
> night ;-)  To wet your toes, try out Locomotive [ http:// 
> locomotive.sourceforge.net/ ], the single installer app for Rails  
> development and the tutorials on [ www.rubyonrails.com ].

blast, now I'll have to check that out as well. Problem with trying  
to make your life as easy as possible is that it's a lot of hard work :(

Andreas



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