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by Jacob Rus

Hi TextMate Vim switchers (also BBEdit, Emacs, XCode, Eclipse, etc. switchers). I find that Vim users find the transition to a new editor much more difficult than switchers from other editors. This speaks highly of Vim's power, flexibility, and efficiency: there are aspects of its use that are very hard for users to give up, and parts of Vim that work much more efficiently than the equivalent TM features. So, I ask that you come together to fill out this wiki page: http://macromates.com/wiki/MigratingFrom/Vim So that when the (not infrequent) question comes up from a Vim user about why to use TextMate instead, there will be some resource to point her at. I think it would be great to put tips, tricks, maybe some thoughts about what TextMate could do better to meet the needs of those used to powerful Vim features that can't quite be emulated. The goal should be to (preferably in this order): 1. Convince Vim users that TextMate is worth trying. 2. Help Vim users through aspects of the editor that are likely to trip them up. 3. Figure out how Vim features can inform new TextMate commands, etc. Note, former users of other apps can make other subpages from this top level page: http://macromates.com/wiki/MigratingFrom/HomePage It might be nice to put together a page for general Windows switchers as well, with tips like how to get home/end key bindings working (that blog post of Allan's), etc. ---- The wiki could probably use some general info for new users. Many tutorials and tips have been posted around on various blogs, but it would be nice to consolidate and clarify some of this information, and put it somewhere where it can be kept up to date. Note: the wiki can use markdown syntax by wrapping a page in (:markdown:) and (:markdownend:) -Jacob

17 years, 11 months

setting paths in TextMate

by Piero D'Ancona

I installed ruby 1.8.5 and appscript on my mac (and it is hugely better that the schizolanguage of AppleScript). Now if I define a command in TextMate like #!/usr/bin/env ruby require "appscript" include Appscript te = app('TextEdit') TextMate complains it (he) cannot find appscript.rb (no use to give the explicit path since then TextMate cannot find the files require'd inside appscript, etc etc). Clearly, I must set new paths, but how? and maybe I should also tell TextMate to use 1.8.5 instead of 1.8.2 I'm sure this is easy but have no idea how to do it. Any help? Thanks a lot, Piero

17 years, 11 months

Resources for Emacs veterans?

by Kynn Jones

I'm sure that a few of the developers of TextMate were not even born when I first started using Emacs... Now, I know very well that ol' Emacs ain't perfect, but by now my fingers and brain are so wedded to Emacs that, despite a few attempts, I have never been able to switch to a different text editor. But several people whose opinions I value have urged me to give TextMate a try, so here we go. I imagine/hope, given that so many people in TextMate's target audience use either Emacs or vi, that there will be extensive resources to ease the transition *from these specific editors* to TextMate. Am I right? If so, where are these resources? More specifically, I'm hoping to find something like a "TextMate for Emacs veterans FAQ", with answers to questions like: 1. will I be able to use TM entirely from the keyboard? 2. will I be able to set up the same key bindings as in Emacs? how easily? 3. can I work on a single window, switching between buffers from the keyboard, or will I have a zillion windows floating around my desktop? 4. will I be able to preserve my workspace (including open buffers, modes, and other settings) from one session to the next, à la Emacs Desktop? 5. can I run a shell withiin TextMate? 6. does TextMate integrate with debuggers like gdb? ...etc., etc. Thanks! kj

17 years, 11 months

subversion commit problem

by rupert

Just thought I'd let you know that Textmate bombs out on me when I try and commit changes to my subversion repository using the subversion bundle. To be honest I've not used this bundle for a long time as I use svnX, but svnX has just stopped letting me open my repositories and working copies (it bombs out also) so I thought I'd give it a go. I can't comment on when this started happening to the subversion bundle so I don't know if the two problems I'm having are connected, but the only thing that's changed since yesterday (when svnX was working fine) is that I've installed the iTunes (7.1) and Quicktime (7.1.5) updates from Apple, so if the two are connected then (although I can't see why) this may have something to do with it..... [command line subversion is working fine ...although I'm having problems remembering how to use it!?!?!] Cheers n thanks for an awesome editor! Rupert

17 years, 11 months

Balance Tags/Blocks

by David Kurtz

I'm taking a fresh look at TM and using it 60/40 with BBEdit... one of the things I'm missing is a "balance tags" or "balance blocks" feature. e.g. if I'm between two tags, I hit the key command I've assigned, cmd-opt-B, and everything between the two current HTML tags gets selected. If I press it again, everything within the parent tag gets selected, and so on. Is this something hidden in one of the TM bundles? I really miss this whenever I move over to TM. Similarly, I like being able to double click on opening braces, parens, brackets, and selecting their contents. I know there's the code collapsing, but it's different and doesn't seem so universally applicable. e.g. object literals in Javascript aren't collapsable in TM. In BBedit they're both collapsable and the bracket-double- clicking works. Any suggestions?

17 years, 11 months

Ruby commenting across multiple lines - how do I do this???

by Greg Hauptmann

Hi all, Is there a way in text mate to highlight a number of lines in Ruby code and then say "Comment/Un-comment", after which Textmate would apply the leading "#" comment before each of the lines? Tks in advance Greg

17 years, 11 months

what character is this?

by aaron smith

i've attached an image that is used in the textmate manual. What key is this on a western keyboard?

17 years, 11 months

Re: [TxMt] How can TextMate be so popular???

by Dave Winzler

TextMate installs a new 'mate' command that can be used to open files and directories from the command line. I don't recall if it installs the command automatically, or if you need to do something special to invoke it, sorry. Folding can be tricky, as it matches both open/close folding characters for the language you're currently using, and the indent level must be correct as well. Plus, of course, they need to balance correctly. Not sure about the beeps, I only recall TextMate beeping during a search, if it's found the last occurance and I ask it to find the next one (which there isn't one). Hope this helps, - Dave

17 years, 11 months

Projects, svn, etc

by David Clark

Hi, I am trying to come up with a solution and thought that some of the brilliant members of the list would have some ideas/suggestions. I work in an environment where 3-5 people edit files for multiple sites that are in the webserver of a shared server (currently accessed thru smb). most of the edits are html, and I don't want to "burden" them with checkin/checkout/etc etc However, I am setting up new development box (ubuntu) and want to use svn/trac/etc. I already have (and use) tm project files for each "site" and I keep them in the parent directory of htdocs on the share. can the project file have all the svn project info and handle things on open/save? thanks -- dc ----- David Clark Database Developer Institute for Community Inclusion (http://www.communityinclusion.org/) david.clark(a)umb.edu (617) 287-4318

17 years, 11 months

Adding code syntax highlight to markdown blogging.

by Luke Daley

Hi, Would it be possible to add support for correctly syntax highlighting code in markdown blog posts? I have the iG:Syntax Hiliter plugin <http://blog.igeek.info/wp- plugins/igsyntax-hiliter/> which highlights the code when viewed online, but it would be nice to have the code highlighted in TextMate. The syntax for this plugin is .... [perl] # perl code here [/perl] [ruby] # ruby code here [/ruby] etc. What would be the best way to do this? - Luke.

17 years, 11 months

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