[TxMt] Using QuickSilver to access TextMate's bundle menu

thomas Aylott thomas.42 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 5 18:19:36 UTC 2006


> Hi,
>
> Recently I learned about QS being able to access Application Menus.  
> This
> rocks when combined with the huge bundle menu that TextMate has,  
> making
> it a breeze to find things you use sometimes, but keep forgetting the
> shortcut of.
> Here's how to set it up:
>
> - Launch Quicksilver, edit preferences
> - In the Application tab, tick "Enable advanced features" and  
> select "Beta".
> - In the Catalog tab, open the Quicksilver entry and tick "Proxy  
> Objects".
> - In the Triggers menu, create a new hotkey trigger for the QS command
> "Current Application" with the action "Show Menu Items". I use
> ctrl-space as hotkey for it.
>
> Now open up TextMate, open a new document, press ctrl-space and type
> "lor" for example, this will give you the "lorem ipsum" command.
>
> Have fun,
>
> Jeroen.

Unfortunately, the biggest drawback of this method is that it is  
extremely slow.
I have a lot of stuff




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