[TxMt] Backpack Interface

Brett Terpstra brett at circlesixdesign.com
Sun Nov 19 15:36:46 UTC 2006


http://blog.circlesixdesign.com/2006/11/19/textmate-backpack- 
interface-pre-release/

I've posted the initial version of the Backpack (http:// 
www.backpackit.com) bundle on my blog.  It's got the following  
commands with dialogs:

Create Reminder
Quick Destroy Reminder
Quick Edit Reminder
Destroy Multiple Reminders
List Reminders by Date
Add as Note
View/Edit Notes
Change Backpack Account

It has rough Keychain access support that works pretty well.  It is,  
at this point, a demonstration of what we could do.  It could be  
integrated in a lot of ways with a few other bundles.  Right now I'm  
using it to quickly post reminders that will be sent to my cell  
phone, and client notes from documents that I'm working on.  I can  
log in and work through a tree view of all my notes on all my pages  
and even edit them from the same interface.  This bundle works great  
with the free version of Backpack.

There are a couple of commands I left out.  Some of the text based  
commands have the possibility of sending malformed dates which will  
break your Backpack page.  3 Backpack accounts later, I think I've  
got the bugs worked out, but I'm not ready to risk anyone else's  
pages yet.  Also, a couple of gem-dependent commands... like one that  
uses Chronic (human readable dates - i.e. Next Tuesday at 5pm) for  
reminder entry.

If you try this out, please let me know if you run into bugs and  
problems.  I have not had a chance to test this on anything other  
than my G5 and my PPC laptop.

Thanks,
Brett



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