Le 05-10-05 à 04:23, Mats Persson a écrit :
Neil, I'm concerned that you are on the verge of making a big mistake, something that you will 'curse' yourself for one day, so hence this reply.
Mats, I totally appreciate you taking the time to write that, and for the most part I agree. It's great to see that Textmate has a dedicated (rabid? heh) following.
This is my attitude about the whole thing: It's text.
I've been a web designer for 7 years, and have used many text editors, but at the end of if all, it's just text. Using BBEdit or any other editor instead of Textmate isn't going to make me "curse", or lament, or scream and throw hissy fits, as it all ends up being the same thing in the end. :)
For me, it's all about billable hours. I need to feed a family, pay down debt, save for a rainy day, etc., and every time I need to learn a new application (like a major Flash upgrade, etc.) I need to weigh the benefits vs. the amount of billable hours the learning will suck up.
Textmate looks great, but for me it's reminiscent of many open source projects: great application, incredible community, scattered and poorly written documentation. For lots and lots of people that's fine, but for me, I need something I can get in, rip apart quickly, and figure how to do what I need to do quickly.
I'm sure if I spent some time with Textmate I'd learn what I need to learn, but with deadlines and clients kicking me in the ass, I just can't afford the time. I only have so many hours in me that I can spend in front of the computer, after all.
So, yeah. I'll open Textmate and fiddle with it here and there, and I'll definitely start using it more often. But I know there are many others like me who just don't have the inclination to pick through some basic documentation,l a wiki, a IRC chat, a mailing list, and a web site to try and figure out how to get text into a document faster. I'd rather spend that time making money.
So, and I'll say it again, documentation! Give me a printable set of docs that I can take with me on the metro and I'm yours for life. The fact that I just spent the time writing this rambling reply hopefully shows that I'm hopeful for TM. :)
Neil P.S. I'm a designer: HTML, CSS, some server-side, etc. - not a full- fledged programmer. This hopefully explains why when I look at bundles it makes my eyes throb.