On Wed, 16 Mar 14:26 (+1100), David Lee wrote:
Anyone here familiar with Komodo (activestate)? Sadly not available for mac but very good for scripting languages (if you like an ide) for windows & linux.
I used it on Windows around version 2.3 or so and also must say that I miss some features, but I also must say that TM for me works better because Komodo, IMO, lacked very important features, for example: • writing own syntax definitions is/was not possible. • it's a bit slow, don't know why it feels so, maybe because it sits on top of mozilla. • macro system was not documented. • nothing like TMs commands exists, what I still think is my favorite feature because this way I can extend TM with ruby.
- for perl, php, tcl etc, interactive syntax checking : uses the local
interpreter to check for syntax errors & displays them (underline text red , errs in status bar) as you type. Downside: can be very slow
Yes, I also liked this, but for the most languages (ruby, python, perl, etc) you can use the Syntax checking in TM, usually available via ctrl-shit-v (v for validate). This is included in the latest SVN. (svn co https://anon:anon@macromates.com/svn/Bundles/trunk/) its not that fancy but it helps.
What I BTW mostly miss is its handling of 'Smart Typing Pairs' where you have to move fore and backward in TM so get a blinking thing and in Komodo you just place you cursor near it and see the opponent highlighted red. But its not that important and I mentioned this already and so hope it will get implemented sometime in the future, when Allan has time to work on this.