Allan Odgaard-2 wrote:
But I don’t really get your workflow, so maybe you want to elaborate on that, and why it is disappointing only being offered ⌘B and a global menu to build your project.
My disappointment was not about the build command per se, but rather about the fact that one cannot add _anything_ to the context menu. The items I would most want in the context menu would be looking up definitions and references when the cursor is over some symbol. I use the mouse a lot, because I suck at remembering keyboard shortcuts.
You asked about my workflow...
Currently, I use vslick running on a linux box at the office. All my colleagues simply use ssh and vi. My company changed their WAN, and now using vslick remotely (using X on the Mac) is untenable. That's why I'm looking for a new editor, and how I got to TextMate. After using TM for a few days, I purchased a license as I discovered all kinds of good things to use it for (E.g. building code for PIC microcontrollers, maintaining my website, etc).
To work remotely, I used to run an X session on my Mac, and project the vslick session onto it from the linux box at work. Since the change to the WAN, that's simply too slow. Now I remotely mount the filesystem of the linux box using sshfs (MacFuse) and edit the files with vi. I've tried this with TM, and it works, but is a bit slow. Strange things happen, for example if I have a few files open in TM, and then cover the TM window with another App. When TM gets focus again, there is sometimes a long delay before it responds. During this time, I see the network lights blinking madly, so I guess TM is checking the files or something.