[TextMate] TextMate 1.0 is finally here! (one-time annoucement)

[David Heinemeier Hansson]

TextMate 1.0 is finally here!

We know that the wait has been excruciating and the longing unbearable, 
so we’re incredible proud and relieved to finally be able to say: It’s 
here!

   => http://macromates.com/release

It's okay to rush for the download now. You can come back to read the 
rest of this later...

TextMate was born out a personal frustration with the lack of a decent 
editor for code and markup on OS X. So TextMate is first and foremost a 
relief for that personal frustration. An editor that we could use to 
write C++, Ruby, PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and any other programming 
or presentation language.

But as all of you that signed up for this mailing list showed us, we 
were not alone with our frustrations. The anticipation for the release 
has really been overwhelming, so we're extremely happy to finally 
deliver.

That said, this is a 1.0 release. There will be rough spots, there most 
certainly will be bugs that our extensive testing hasn't found yet, and 
there will be features missing that you'd wish were there. Hopefully, 
though, what is there will be promising enough that you'll feel 
comfortable jumping on board from the start.

So instead of raving endlessly about what is there (go to the site for 
that), we're going to tell you what it still lacks:

* Good defaults for more languages (1.1)
   Currently, only real love has been given to Obj-/C/C++,
   Ruby, HTML, and CSS. Hopefully, you guys will help us
   bring the same level of support to other languages.

* Editing over Secure FTP (1.1)
   Work on files residing on another machine using Secure FTP.

* Integrate with CVS/Subversion (1.2)
   Check-in, check-out, check-in, check-out. Why don't we sing
   that song from within the editor?

As you can see, we're planning to address those points in near-future 
point releases that will be free upgrades to all who register version 
1.0 of TextMate.

We respect your right to try before you buy, so for 30 days you can 
enjoy a completely unrestricted version of TextMate -- without forced 
delays at start up or anything like that.

What we would appreciate, though, is that you register TextMate as soon 
as you decide it's something for you. We're currently building TextMate 
on a 733mhz G4. It takes 45 minutes for a complete build. It's very 
painful and has been slowing down development considerably. The first 
registrations will go towards getting a dual G5 -- so we can deliver 
TextMate 1.1 even faster!


Sincerely yours,
Allan Odgaard & David Heinemeier Hansson