Hi,
On Aug 25, 2008, at 10:47 PM, Ahmed III wrote:
- How do I reformat a text paragraph to be within a set width, like
80? On TextPad, on Windows, you could do that easily by setting the default text width to 80, and reformatting the paragraph. I can't find a similar 'text width' setting in TextMate. Where is it hidden? Does someone have a command to do this? I can write my own, just show me a similar example.
I use an external command with the Text::AutoFormat perl module, but you can try the UNIX fmt command available on OS X.
Select the text you want to format, right-click, Filter Through Command, and try it.
- I have a single file of dairy-like entries. Before I start
writing, I want to timestamp each entry. I am looking to insert the following snippet:
"========== YYYY-MM-DD HH-MM-SS
" How do I do that?
Define the snippet with the text above. Replace your YYYY... time stamp with $(`date '+%Y-%m-%d %H-%M-%S'`)
You can also place a $0 at the point where you want your cursor to end up.
When you create a new snippet, the text shown explains all these options, BTW.
I am aware of the timestamp command in the Text bundle but that only inserts the calendar date, not the time, and I don't know how to add the horizontal break before it.
The horizontal break is just plain text, you just type it.
- I must say whereas the manual is very easy to read. I find it hard
to find out how to quickly implement what I need.
I like the TextMate book,, it helps a lot.
Best regards,