- "Think Different". BBEdit made you work in a certain way, TM
will change much of that. Not for the worse, but for the better, so be prepared to let go of your old style, workflow, methods etc, and embrace the new. You are not alone in finding it hard to begin with in the first few days, but there are plenty of examples of users being converted very quickly. I am one of them :)
Hear hear! When I first switched to OS X I wast frustrated about the lack of a good editor, and almost considered going to linux instead for Quanta ... but now I'm perfectly happy with TextMate. Yes, to truly wield it's power you have to know regexp, which I still don't (although I've gotten plenty of help right here on the list), but you can always cut and paste a bit in the bundles. The bundles are the key, and shouldn't be THAT hard to interpret.
Finally, a related/un-related point. IF you're not already using RubyOnRails to do your web development stuff, then start using it now. I wasted a year of not wanting to change my workflow, learn something new, etc etc, and now I'm cursing myself to sleep every night ;-) To wet your toes, try out Locomotive [ http:// locomotive.sourceforge.net/ ], the single installer app for Rails development and the tutorials on [ www.rubyonrails.com ].
blast, now I'll have to check that out as well. Problem with trying to make your life as easy as possible is that it's a lot of hard work :(
Andreas