On 31/10/06, Sam Aaron sam.maillists@googlemail.com wrote:
Hi,
could anybody explain what a typical workflow for using TerminalMate might be. My naive expectation was a terminal that existed inside TextMate that benefited from all of the lovely syntax highlighting and snippets etc. (I still have a fond dream of irb inside TextMate, but just can't seem to spawn a new background process without stalling the whole of TextMate).
However, on calling the bundle, I just get a separate iTerm window. Does it have special properties? Am I seeing a stone, where others can see an uncut gem?
I was actually wanting this only a few days ago. I use python, and I can now select a piece of code and with one keystroke, run it in an interpreter and check that it does something sensible, doesn't have syntax errors, etc.
The only extra thing I would want from it is a command that checks the file for any import statements and runs those before it pastes the command in.
It's very handy, but it's probably not going to be a revelation in the way you work (or at least not for me). It's just a quick sanity check that saves you having to run a terminal in another window, switch to it, paste in your code, etc.
Ed