[SVN] r6130 (Text)

Jacob Rus jrus at hcs.harvard.edu
Wed Nov 15 22:10:02 UTC 2006


Chris Thomas wrote:
> I think it's a good idea to include these commands.
> 
> � I'm of the opinion that text command parity with BBEdit is a 
> worthwhile goal. TM should give users the same capabilities out of the 
> box where reasonable, because it allows us to provide the response 'of 
> course we do that, go look here' rather than 'no, but you can roll it 
> yourself using this command line.' The didactic utility of the latter 
> response is useful, but not necessarily friendly or timely.

Feature parity is a silly goal.  We should strive to have better, more 
flexible commands, and if bbedit's stuff is desired, someone can make a 
bbedit bundle that copies all of their menu items.  They shouldn't gum 
up the Text bundle though.

-Jacob




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