Hi! yes. thank you very much... command-shift-b funny how after posting, I finally locate the answer after 4x as much looking *before* posting. Oh well. It's a pleasure to use a world class app, like textmate. I found the answer here (fyi): http://projects.serenity.de/textmate/tutorials/basics/ thanks for the specific reponse, eric! :)
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Regards, Eric