24 Mar
2009
24 Mar
'09
8:41 p.m.
Hello, I now use BBedit rarely, the times TM just flat out amazes me,
I am a happy camper. There are times I still fire up the old BB, but
it gets less and less. Maybe I am getting too old to remember all
these damn keyboard shortcuts :)
1) Is there an <a href... snippet, I can not find it
2) How can I shift selected text right and left one space at a time?
3) Most other apps allow me to drag and drop a text clipping to the
apps icon, and it will open it. In TM, I have to open the clipping,
copy, then new file, then paste. Any workarounds on this one? Oddly,
I find I used this feature a lot and I am missing it.
4) I am liking soft tabs a lot, as they seem to allow me to align
things better, and when files move to other places, they stay lined up
regardless of the tab stop setting. I was happily working in 4 spaces
per tab stop, and wanted to move to 5, changing it did nothing. I had
to convert spaces to tabs, then make the change. I am not entirely
sure what I did really. Can someone give me a primer or point me to
docs on how this works?
* I am often opening tab separated files, and will need to open tabs
to 40 spaces or so, because the launch time to something like Excel is
just too aggravating, TM seems to work against me a little for this
type of work, suggestions?
5) Given code such as:
$foo = 'bar';
$this = 'that';
$something = 'else';
What is a simple way to get to:
$foo = 'bar';
$this = 'that';
$something = 'else';
6) I have picked up this TM book and printed it out, it is helping me
a lot. There is a section on being able to select some sql, and have
it run and show me the output. I am not understanding how to make
this work. I usually have a db.inc that will contain my user and pass
and db name, so it will be well outside the scope of the file I am in,
unless TM can follow that include reference. To be able to run
arbitrary sql would be huge for me, is there a better walk through? I
am just not getting this one to work. I have not tried to be honest,
since I do not understand the setup at all.
7) Any of you care to share your top #1 little tricks, the one thing
you use all the time, that just makes you happy every time you invoke
it? I mainly work in php, so leaning on things that would be helpful
in that area would be nice. Second would be bash, and lately, for
some odd reason, I have been spending some time in TCL, but not much,
so I am not sure how many tricks in there would benefit me in the long
run.
Thanks all... Hey, when is the next version coming out... just
kidding :)
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24 Mar
24 Mar
8:56 p.m.
A few responses ...
1) Is there an <a href... snippet, I can not find
it
I don't use HTML much but it is *extremely* easy to write your own
snippets if you can't find exactly what you're looking for. Give it a
shot with the bundle editor.
4) I am liking soft tabs a lot, as they seem to allow
me to align
things better, and when files move to other places, they stay lined up
regardless of the tab stop setting. I was happily working in 4 spaces
per tab stop, and wanted to move to 5, changing it did nothing. I had
to convert spaces to tabs, then make the change. I am not entirely
sure what I did really. Can someone give me a primer or point me to
docs on how this works?
I think changing your soft tab amount is only a forward operation.
Since it is only inserting spaces for you it probably can't figure
what what it inserted as spaces and what you did. Might I recommend
using real tabs instead (/ducks!)? :)
7) Any of you care to share your top #1 little tricks,
the one thing
you use all the time, that just makes you happy every time you invoke
it? I mainly work in php, so leaning on things that would be helpful
in that area would be nice. Second would be bash, and lately, for
some odd reason, I have been spending some time in TCL, but not much,
so I am not sure how many tricks in there would benefit me in the long
run.
By far my most valuable feature is cmd-t (go to file). Also, the
cmd-opt-[ (indent line) works rather well for me. I've also written a
couple custom commands that I find very useful (e.g., open up docs
based on selected word, statically analyze code, etc).
9:09 p.m.
4) I am liking
soft tabs a lot, as they seem to allow me to align
things better, and when files move to other places, they stay lined
up
regardless of the tab stop setting. I was happily working in 4
spaces
per tab stop, and wanted to move to 5, changing it did nothing. I
had
to convert spaces to tabs, then make the change. I am not entirely
sure what I did really. Can someone give me a primer or point me to
docs on how this works?
I think changing your soft tab amount is only a forward operation.
Since it is only inserting spaces for you it probably can't figure
what what it inserted as spaces and what you did. Might I recommend
using real tabs instead (/ducks!)? :) 7) Any of you
care to share your top #1 little tricks, the one thing
you use all the time, that just makes you happy every time you invoke
it? I mainly work in php, so leaning on things that would be helpful
in that area would be nice. Second would be bash, and lately, for
some odd reason, I have been spending some time in TCL, but not much,
so I am not sure how many tricks in there would benefit me in the
long
run.
By far my most valuable feature is cmd-t (go to file). Also, the
cmd-opt-[ (indent line) works rather well for me. I've also written a
couple custom commands that I find very useful (e.g., open up docs
based on selected word, statically analyze code, etc).
9:16 p.m.
I just looked in the apple doc machine thing for tm,
indent line is
not something I can locate, can you tell me what it is for. I opened
a file, invoked it, and it just beeped it me.
Really? Worked for me in leopard.
Anyway ... it is the 6th item under the Text menu. It essentially
(usually correctly) indents the current line or selection of lines to
match your indent pattern.
9:26 p.m.
On Mar 24, 2009, at 2:16 PM, Robert J. Carr wrote:
Is this a command or an option you enable or disable? I just paste,
and wait for the amazement. Everything I paste drops right into where
it should be indented, except when it does not, which can be mildly
annoying to get to go where I want if it is one line and I use the tab
key, but cmd- brackets work well to get it in line.
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I just looked
in the apple doc machine thing for tm, indent line is
not something I can locate, can you tell me what it is for. I opened
a file, invoked it, and it just beeped it me.
Really? Worked for me in leopard.
Anyway ... it is the 6th item under the Text menu. It essentially
(usually correctly) indents the current line or selection of lines to
match your indent pattern 
9:22 p.m.
On 2009-March-24 , at 17:09 , Scott Haneda wrote:
I used to use tabs all the time, and was a tabs over
spaces guy, but
found my files to be a mix of tabs and spaces. I want things to line
up where I want them to line up. If I use tabs, they seem to dictate
how things will line up.
I will usually tab in the leading tabs I want, and then use spaces to
shift things where I want them to be.
Time for some elastic tabstops in TextMate:
http://nickgravgaard.com/elastictabstops/
This approach seems so superior to the rest that Iam surprised so few
editors picked it up.
JiHO
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8 Apr
8 Apr
7:41 p.m.
On 24 Mar 2009, at 22:22, JiHO wrote:
My reply from “back then”:
Indeed it is interesting. I do think there would be
too big a compatibility problem with actually
saving such files, since all renderings of the file
(cat it in terminal, paste it in an email, on the
web, etc.) would be wrong — and it’s not easily
fixable, e.g. by piping the text through something
like expand, which would normally fix presenting a
file with the wrong tab size.
[...]
I will usually tab in the leading tabs I want, and then use spaces to
shift things where I want them to be.
Time for some elastic tabstops in TextMate:
http://nickgravgaard.com/elastictabstops/
This approach seems so superior to the rest that Iam surprised so few
editors picked it up. 
8 Jun
8 Jun
4:51 p.m.
Allan Odgaard wrote:
(...) I do think there would be
too big a compatibility problem with actually
saving such files, since all renderings of the file
(cat it in terminal, paste it in an email, on the
web, etc.) would be wrong — and it’s not easily
fixable, e.g. by piping the text through something
like expand, which would normally fix presenting a
file with the wrong tab size.
Yeah, that's right. Moreover the proposed "elastic tabs" does describe
the method only with this fancy picture, but does not provide exact
algorithm or at least block schema how to implement it. So this sounds
to me like an empty wish not a standard.
My personal approach to indenting is to use tabs where possible at the
beginning of the line, but if there comes first character or chunk of
code, I align everything at the right just with spaces, i.e.:
struct {
⇥int counter; /* Some counter */
⇥struct {
⇥⇥int x;
⇥⇥int y;
⇥} pos; /* Position */
⇥char *text; /* Inner text */
} CONTEXT;
if(font_name) {
⇥NSString *fontName = [[[NSString alloc] initWithUTF8String:
font_name] autorelease];
⇥NSFont *font = [[NSFontManager sharedFontManager]
⇥⇥fontWithFamily: fontName
⇥⇥ traits: (bold ? NSBoldFontMask : NSUnboldFontMask) |
(italic ? NSItalicFontMask : NSUnitalicFontMask)
⇥⇥ weight: 5.0f * font_weight / 100.0
⇥⇥ size: (float)font_size];
⇥NSMutableDictionary *attr = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
}
This approach guarantees that suff aligned at right or center will be
more/less aligned well regardless of tab size.
Cheers,
--
Adam Strzelecki
24 Mar
24 Mar
11:01 p.m.
1) Is there an <a href... snippet, I can not find it
cntrl-shift-L will wrap things in link syntax, otherwise make a tab snippet
for "href"
2) How can I shift selected text right and left one space at a time?
Not to my knowledge: I made one for wikidot.tmBundle - maybe steal that
command
3) Most other apps allow me to drag and drop a text clipping to the
apps icon, and it will open it. In TM, I have to open the clipping,
copy, then new file, then paste. Any workarounds on this one? Oddly,
I find I used this feature a lot and I am missing it.
Along with dragging files to documents to insert their path... missing
features...
* I am often opening tab separated files, and will need to open tabs
to 40 spaces
Big drag for me too: It is not possible to have variable tab stops - a
really nice feature would be for tabs to learn the desired per-column width
from the contents of the first line, but that feature is not implemented.
5) Given code such as:
$foo = 'bar';
$this = 'that';
This didn't come through email very well: I assume you want to align on '='?
cmd-shift-right arrow
6: I'd be interested in a vblog entry on the sql bundle too
25 Mar
25 Mar
7:37 a.m.
On Mar 24, 2009, at 4:01 PM, Timothy Bates wrote:
Thanks. Not quite how I want it to work, I will look at how to make a
snippet.
1) Is there an
<a href... snippet, I can not find it
cntrl-shift-L will wrap things in link syntax, otherwise make a tab
snippet
for "href" 2) How can I shift selected text right and left one
space at a time?
Not to my knowledge: I made one for wikidot.tmBundle - maybe steal
that
command
This one does not seem to work for me, insets by a tab stop.
5) Given code such as:
$foo = 'bar';
$this = 'that';
This didn't come through email very well: I assume you want to align
on '='?
cmd-shift-right arrow
Can you tell me what bundle this is, I get nothing on that sequence.
Thanks for the pointers.
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Scott
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7:58 a.m.
2) How can I shift selected text right and left
one space at a time?
Not to my knowledge: I made one for wikidot.tmBundle - maybe steal
that
command
This one does not seem to work for me, insets by a tab stop. align on '='?
sorry: cmd-option-]
it's in the Source bundle
cmd-shift-right arrow
Can you tell me what bundle this is, I get nothing on that sequence. 
6:37 a.m.
On 24.03.2009, at 21:41, Scott Haneda wrote:
2) How can I shift selected text right and left one
space at a time?
CMD-CTRL + Arrow Keys shifts selected text in any direction. You might
want to change to "Freehanded Editing Mode" (OPT-CMD E) before moving
the selection.
- Kai Brust
5:28 p.m.
I just discovered that if you drag a photo from the Finder into TM,
you will get a complete img tag, with height and width and alt and
everything just so. Edit the path to match your server root, and it
Just Works(tm).
Walter
On Mar 24, 2009, at 4:41 PM, Scott Haneda wrote:
7) Any of you care to share your top #1 little tricks,
the one thing
you use all the time, that just makes you happy every time you invoke
it? I mainly work in php, so leaning on things that would be helpful
in that area would be nice.
5:54 p.m.
You can edit that behavior in the Bundle Editor, too, if you want to
include the slash before the closing bracket, as is required by XHTML.
So instead of this:
<img src="... >
You get
<img src="... />
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Walter Lee Davis <waltd(a)wdstudio.com> wrote:
I just discovered that if you drag a photo from the
Finder into TM,
you will get a complete img tag, with height and width and alt and
everything just so. Edit the path to match your server root, and it
Just Works(tm).
Walter
On Mar 24, 2009, at 4:41 PM, Scott Haneda wrote:
7) Any of you care to share your top #1 little
tricks, the one thing
you use all the time, that just makes you happy every time you invoke
it? I mainly work in php, so leaning on things that would be helpful
in that area would be nice.
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5:59 p.m.
In TM's Advanced preferences, in the Shell Variables segment, add a
new variable named TM_XHTML with the value of / (single slash) and you
will get this trailing slash everywhere you use a singleton tag,
without editing any of the snippets.
Walter
On Mar 25, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Chip Cullen wrote:
You can edit that behavior in the Bundle Editor, too,
if you want to
include the slash before the closing bracket, as is required by XHTML.
26 Mar
26 Mar
4:31 a.m.
This is just an amazing tip, I was just going through and editing a
ton of snippets, now I do not have to. Thanks!
On Mar 25, 2009, at 10:59 AM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
In TM's Advanced preferences, in the Shell
Variables segment, add a
new variable named TM_XHTML with the value of / (single slash) and you
will get this trailing slash everywhere you use a singleton tag,
without editing any of the snippets.
Walter
On Mar 25, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Chip Cullen wrote:
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You can edit that behavior in the Bundle Editor,
too, if you want to
include the slash before the closing bracket, as is required by
XHTML.
12:13 p.m.
Is there a native way to do brace reformatting? I believe it is
called "cuddling". I often pull a function from here or there, and
the formatting is not to my liking...
function {
# code
}
versus
function
{
# code
}
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30 Apr
30 Apr
6:29 p.m.
Scott Haneda wrote:
Is there a native way to do brace reformatting? I
believe it is
called "cuddling". I often pull a function from here or there, and
the formatting is not to my liking...
function {
# code
}
versus
function
{
# code
}
Should be something like
ruby -0777 -p -e '$_.gsub!(/\n\s*{/ {/)'
or, if you really want to go the other way (:-)), you don't need
multi-line matching and can do it right in TextMate, substituting
^(\s*)(\S.*)\s*{\s*$
with
$1$2\n$1{
(I even tested that. It works on your example, which is a start.)
Christopher
2 May
2 May
3:50 a.m.
On Apr 30, 2009, at 11:29 AM, Christopher Creutzig wrote:
Should be something like
ruby -0777 -p -e '$_.gsub!(/\n\s*{/ {/)'
or, if you really want to go the other way (:-)), you don't need
multi-line matching and can do it right in TextMate, substituting
^(\s*)(\S.*)\s*{\s*$
with
$1$2\n$1{
(I even tested that. It works on your example, which is a start.)
Would you mind explaining how to do this in a bundle, I copied the
first example above, and but a ruby shebang in a bundle command, set
the scope to source.php. I get a lot of errors when I run it.
Thanks
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25 May
25 May
7:37 p.m.
Scott Haneda wrote:
Would you mind explaining how to do this in a bundle,
I copied the
first example above, and but a ruby shebang in a bundle command, set
the scope to source.php. I get a lot of errors when I run it.
#! /usr/bin/env ruby
puts STDIN.gets(nil).gsub(/\n\s*\{/, " {")
Christopher
2 May
2 May
2:01 p.m.
Scott Haneda <talklists(a)newgeo.com> wrote (Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:13:06 -0700):
Is there a native way to do brace reformatting? I
believe it is
called "cuddling". I often pull a function from here or there, and
the formatting is not to my liking...
function {
# code
}
versus
function
{
# code
}
I tried to do this using regular expressions, too, but I kept failing.
Maybe there _is_ an easier solution, but here is what works great for me:
I downloaded Beautify PHP from
<http://www.bierkandt.org/beautify/>
Then I added a Bundle Command in TextMate with:
----------
Save: Nothing
Command(s): php /path/to/beautify_php -v 0 -l -b 1
Input: Selected Text or Document
Output: Replace Selected Text
----------
Note that the correct file is "beautify_php", NOT
"beautify_php.php" (which is also contained in the Beautify PHP package).
And of course you might want to change the parameters given in the
command line.
Kind regards,
Tobias Jung
4 May
4 May
7:28 a.m.
On May 2, 2009, at 7:01 AM, Tobias Jung wrote:
I tried to do this using regular expressions, too, but
I kept failing.
Maybe there _is_ an easier solution, but here is what works great
for me:
I downloaded Beautify PHP from
<http://www.bierkandt.org/beautify/>
Then I added a Bundle Command in TextMate with:
----------
Save: Nothing
Command(s): php /path/to/beautify_php -v 0 -l -b 1
Input: Selected Text or Document
Output: Replace Selected Text
----------
Note that the correct file is "beautify_php", NOT
"beautify_php.php" (which is also contained in the Beautify PHP
package).
And of course you might want to change the parameters given in the
command line.
Excellent, thanks! This is perfect. I could not get it to work at
first, I had to set the scope in the bundle item, then I was fine.
Thanks for the suggestion.
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Robert J. Carr -
Scott Haneda -
Timothy Bates -
Tobias Jung -
Walter Lee Davis