On 03/11/2004, at 4:59 AM, David Casal wrote:
Sorry to bug people again with this, but it's the only thing keeping me from buying textmate right now; otherwise, I'm really happy with it and would wait for SFTP and SVN support patiently; however, I can't really live without XML support, since 80% of my job involves XML editing in some way or another.
Is there any news on what happened to the XML bundle which used to be on the wiki? The svn repo for it is dead, the guy doesn't answer mail.
It is such a pity, because XML syntax highlighting and completion are such a basic, important part of a good editor, IMHO.
If the answer's going to be 'no, texmate is made so you write *your own* bundles, that's why they're there', could you point out how difficult it is to make one, and how to go about starting? (it just seems like reinventing the wheel, IYSWIM)
David,
I imagine that the HTML bundle is a really good starting point -- can you just use the HTML bundle? What's missing from the HTML bundle that we'd need to implement for the XML bundle? If you can start putting together a wishlist of changes based on the HTML bundle and what needs to change for the XML bundle, then I'm happy to build the XML bundle, or even teach you how to do it.
It's pretty easy, and my thinking is that 99% of the work has already been done in HTML.
Justin