I am a new registered user to textmate.
I realize that textmate implements automatic pairing of delimiters such as parentheses. However, this does not prevent you from removing one of the paired parentheses etc during the editing process. In vi, I would use ³%² to toggle between open and close delimiters to debug syntax. I can¹t find a similar feature in textmate.
I wonder if someone has written a macro to implement this. or am I missing a feature? Is this specific to a bundle? I am using the R and C bundles.
thanks!
peter r
On May 25, 2008, at 12:11 AM, Peter Rossi wrote:
I realize that textmate implements automatic pairing of delimiters such as parentheses. However, this does not prevent you from removing one of the paired parentheses etc during the editing process. In vi, I would use "%" to toggle between open and close delimiters to debug syntax. I can't find a similar feature in textmate.
Have you noticed that when you "pass over" the closing paren/brace/ bracket/quote, the opening one will blink? By pass over, I mean either (1) typing the closing character TextMate has already inserted for you, or (2) using the arrow key to move right over the closing character. If you don't get a blink, then the closing paren/brace/ bracket/quote is unmatched. This won't help you if the opening character is not on the screen, but works pretty well (IMO) for double-checking on your way out of a complex, nested expression.
-- Phil
On May 25, 2008, at 7:54 AM, Phil Schumm wrote:
On May 25, 2008, at 12:11 AM, Peter Rossi wrote:
I realize that textmate implements automatic pairing of delimiters such as parentheses. However, this does not prevent you from removing one of the paired parentheses etc during the editing process. In vi, I would use "%" to toggle between open and close delimiters to debug syntax. I can't find a similar feature in textmate.
Have you noticed that when you "pass over" the closing paren/brace/ bracket/quote, the opening one will blink? By pass over, I mean either (1) typing the closing character TextMate has already inserted for you, or (2) using the arrow key to move right over the closing character. If you don't get a blink, then the closing paren/ brace/bracket/quote is unmatched. This won't help you if the opening character is not on the screen, but works pretty well (IMO) for double-checking on your way out of a complex, nested expression.
Another handy trick is Shift-Command-B, which selects the text between parens, etc. as well as the delimiters themselves. Repeating it expands to the next level of delimiters, etc.
-- Pete
Roundhouse Consulting, Ltd.
On May 25, 2008, at May 25, 2008 | 8:21 AM, Pete Becker wrote:
On May 25, 2008, at 7:54 AM, Phil Schumm wrote:
On May 25, 2008, at 12:11 AM, Peter Rossi wrote:
I realize that textmate implements automatic pairing of delimiters such as parentheses. However, this does not prevent you from removing one of the paired parentheses etc during the editing process. In vi, I would use "%" to toggle between open and close delimiters to debug syntax. I can't find a similar feature in textmate.
Have you noticed that when you "pass over" the closing paren/brace/ bracket/quote, the opening one will blink? By pass over, I mean either (1) typing the closing character TextMate has already inserted for you, or (2) using the arrow key to move right over the closing character. If you don't get a blink, then the closing paren/brace/bracket/quote is unmatched. This won't help you if the opening character is not on the screen, but works pretty well (IMO) for double-checking on your way out of a complex, nested expression.
Another handy trick is Shift-Command-B, which selects the text between parens, etc. as well as the delimiters themselves. Repeating it expands to the next level of delimiters, etc.
-- Pete
Roundhouse Consulting, Ltd.
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peter r,
i have recently begun using textmate over my beloved vim. i have searched for the "%" equivalent for a while now. i have found two things that get me close to what we are used to in vim. as pete above mentioned, the Shift-Command-B is quite handy. i have also found that Option-Down Arrow is useful. i use it when i'm on the opening line of a large function or statment. if you go to the beginning of the line, then hit Option-Down Arrow, it will take you to the first line after the function or statement. i would love to see matching braces functionality in textmate, but i have found that these two methods can accomplish most of the same things.
chad
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