> Why are you looking for an alternative to something that does what you want in the first place?

I think the point is that there are some issues with TM1. �Like you said, there really isn't any alternative, but that shouldn't stop us from having a frank discussion about TextMate's (very few) shortcomings. �I'm pretty sure everyone here absolutely adores TextMate, especially after seeing the spurt of activity here in the past few days. �

Since we are some of TextMate's largest fans, I think this is a somewhat appropriate place to discuss the future of TextMate (if not TextMate proper, then the bundle systems which can theoretically fill whatever gaps we need given enough elbow grease). �

Since there are only a few short messages from Allen himself over the past year, we can only discuss alternatives and what we would like to see updated/fixed, and wait for news. �Given another year, maybe a competitor will be to an advanced enough stage that with some work it could become usable.

One possible alternative could be E-TextEditor (http://www.e-texteditor.com/). �The only problem is that it is Windows only...but I've used it and it seems to have very good support for all TextMate bundles (it uses Cygwin). �That could be a possibility lacking any further news on the future of the real TextMate.

Cheers

Brandon