[TxMt] Re: Is there a tutorial on creating bundles?

Rob McBroom mailinglist0 at skurfer.com
Fri May 15 19:15:57 UTC 2009


On 2009-May-15, at 2:33 PM, W.P. McNeill wrote:

> I want to create a bundle to support a new text data format.  It  
> would be pretty simple, mostly just syntax highlighting and comment  
> character definition.  Is there manual or tutorial on creating  
> bundles?  I couldn't find one on the Textmate website.

There probably won't be much on creating bundles specifically since  
really it's just a matter of choosing "New Bundle" in the Bundle  
Editor. It's the language grammar, commands, snippets, etc. that make  
up a bundle that take some work. Look for documentation on those  
things individually and I suspect you'll have more luck.

All of these things are discussed in [the book][1] and I'm sure there  
is a lot of documentation available for free as well. And honestly,  
the best resource I've found for bundle development is the existing  
bundles. You can learn quite a bit just by poking around in the Bundle  
Editor.

[1]: http://www.pragprog.com/titles/textmate/textmate

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Rob McBroom
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