TM2 changed the concept of projects. Could someone point to the best pages/posts for explaining them?
First of all, *are* there projects? I see the .tm_properties discussions but not sure how to correctly use them, or how to build a project that has multiple folders.
My projects are of two kinds: github and multi-folder. I think the first is easy once I understand the format of the .tm_properties file (God I wish it were JSON, but I digress) because there's one obvious top level folder, the git repo, and I can include/exclude files/folders in .tm_properties, I think.
But the second is harder I think. Think of my home directory with several folders I'd like to include in multiple projects. Ex: my bin dir and my notes dir to start with. I could built a .tm_properties file in the home dir which include bin and dir (both of which might also have their own .tm_properties?) But then I also want another project in my home dir that includes two other folders, src and hax. How do I manage that? I can't rely on the single home .tm_properties .. I seem to need two of them.
The solution for me with Sublime is to have a folder of projects, each of which is a JSON tree which can aim its path at specific sets of folders anywhere in my system with associated include/excludes.
Can I do this in TM2? Easily? Thanks!
-- Owen
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On 22 Nov 2013, at 6:03 am, backspaces owen@backspaces.net wrote:
TM2 changed the concept of projects. Could someone point to the best pages/posts for explaining them?
Best place to start is probably here: https://github.com/textmate/textmate/wiki/FAQ#projects
On 22 Nov 2013, at 4:44, Jason Discount wrote:
Best place to start is probably here: https://github.com/textmate/textmate/wiki/FAQ#projects
Just edited the entry to add a link to http://manual.textmate.org/projects
Btw: For those using symbolic links, I probably will allow inline expansion in the file browser despite having been against it in the past.
OK, I think this is how I solve the multi-folder situation .. let me know!
First, each folder would need their own .tm_properties files. This means if the same folder is in multiple projects, you have no exclude/include files capabilities for the multiple projects. Each project would have to have the same contents, according to their folders' .tm_properties file.
Second, lets presume my project starts in my home directory. Then I can have only one project there, specified by the .tm_properties file, which would have to include my multiple folders. Thus my home directory can be a project folder for only a single project. (Yikes!)
Third, a work around would be to simply have a separate folder per project, containing symbolic links (ln -s) to the folders I want in my project. This would also have the advantage that I could have a single TM projects folder that would have a folder per project, rather tidy.
Do I have this right? Sorry to be so confused with the change, I really love TM. Thanks for the help.
-- Owen
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Sorry: one last question: I'd like my projects to be double-clickable to open them. Can I do that?
AFAIK a folder can only be opened by the finder. Maybe an alias or simlink can be opened by TM2 via double click? Or maybe I have to make a shell script or god save us apple script to open it?
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On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 2:52 AM, backspaces owen@backspaces.net wrote:
First, each folder would need their own .tm_properties files. This means if the same folder is in multiple projects, you have no exclude/include files capabilities for the multiple projects. Each project would have to have the same contents, according to their folders' .tm_properties file.
The folder being included in multiple projects does not require its own .tm_properties file. Each project folder can have its own .tm_properties file with its own configuration, but note that, as Allan said, symbolic links to folders are currently not expanded. Not sure if this makes sense in your context but maybe you can try changing your workflow and treating your shared folder as a project on its own (having its own window open along other projects, etc). I have a couple projects that depend on other projects and I work this way in order to have Go To File and searching capabilities in the subprojects.
Second, lets presume my project starts in my home directory. Then I can have only one project there, specified by the .tm_properties file, which would have to include my multiple folders. Thus my home directory can be a project folder for only a single project. (Yikes!)
Just curious: why would you want your home folder to be a project folder? One usually wants the home folder to have one or more project folders inside. I have a folder for each project and all of them are in a Developer folder in my home folder.
Third, a work around would be to simply have a separate folder per project, containing symbolic links (ln -s) to the folders I want in my project.
This is not a workaround, this is the expected way to handle projects.
Sorry: one last question: I'd like my projects to be double-clickable to open them. Can I do that?
I know this can be done by using the Favorites feature. From Mate's drawer, you can navigate then right click a folder and add it to favorites, and all your favorites are available from the heart icon in the bottom right, or from File, Open Favorites... .
Hope that helps,
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On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 2:52 AM, backspaces owen@backspaces.net wrote:
OK, I think this is how I solve the multi-folder situation .. let me know!
First, each folder would need their own .tm_properties files. This means if the same folder is in multiple projects, you have no exclude/include files capabilities for the multiple projects. Each project would have to have the same contents, according to their folders' .tm_properties file.
Second, lets presume my project starts in my home directory. Then I can have only one project there, specified by the .tm_properties file, which would have to include my multiple folders. Thus my home directory can be a project folder for only a single project. (Yikes!)
Third, a work around would be to simply have a separate folder per project, containing symbolic links (ln -s) to the folders I want in my project. This would also have the advantage that I could have a single TM projects folder that would have a folder per project, rather tidy.
Do I have this right? Sorry to be so confused with the change, I really love TM. Thanks for the help.
-- Owen
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On 21 Nov 2013, at 21:07, Allan Odgaard wrote:
Just edited the entry to add a link to http://manual.textmate.org/projects
Btw: For those using symbolic links, I probably will allow inline expansion in the file browser despite having been against it in the past.
Now that filesystem tags are first-class citizens (in 10.9), has any though been given to allowing a project to be based on a tag? That would allow people to collect far-flung files into a project without doing anything non-standard.
I’ve never really found the new directory-based model to be limiting, but I know it comes up a lot.
In your project folder just include symbolic links or aliases to the folders you wish to be subfolders.
Symbolic links and aliases aren¹t quite the same thing and I cannot remember which one you need to use.
Dave.
On 21/11/2013 12:03, "backspaces" owen@backspaces.net wrote:
TM2 changed the concept of projects. Could someone point to the best pages/posts for explaining them?
First of all, *are* there projects? I see the .tm_properties discussions but not sure how to correctly use them, or how to build a project that has multiple folders.
My projects are of two kinds: github and multi-folder. I think the first is easy once I understand the format of the .tm_properties file (God I wish it were JSON, but I digress) because there's one obvious top level folder, the git repo, and I can include/exclude files/folders in .tm_properties, I think.
But the second is harder I think. Think of my home directory with several folders I'd like to include in multiple projects. Ex: my bin dir and my notes dir to start with. I could built a .tm_properties file in the home dir which include bin and dir (both of which might also have their own .tm_properties?) But then I also want another project in my home dir that includes two other folders, src and hax. How do I manage that? I can't rely on the single home .tm_properties .. I seem to need two of them.
The solution for me with Sublime is to have a folder of projects, each of which is a JSON tree which can aim its path at specific sets of folders anywhere in my system with associated include/excludes.
Can I do this in TM2? Easily? Thanks!
-- Owen
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