[TextMate] First impressions

[timothy martens]

On Oct 6, 2004, at 6:52 AM, Eric Curtis wrote:

> 4. Dragging an image from the project pane into a HTML file should add 
> something like <img src="eric.jpg" alt="eric" width="100" height="100" 
> /> and not the actual source code of an image at the insertion point.
>
> 5. IMO the preview window needs help. I really do not like the fact 
> that it closes when I switch to another document and even worse does 
> not reappear when returning to the original document. This is might 
> commonly be done when switching to another document to copy and paste 
> something. I would much rather see a non-modal preview window that 
> updates when as the user switches between files. It would also be 
> helpful if it did not display non-html files such as css files.
>
> As a web designer that adheres to web-standards I find myself doing 
> quite a bit of work in the CSS file while needing to
> to view the html file.  I need to have a html preview open while 
> editing the CSS file. I find that I am doing just as much designing in 
> code as in photoshop these days. I use a wonderful program called 
> CSSedit (http://www.macrabbit.com/cssedit/) for this right now and 
> while there preview is not perfect it is much more usable right now. 
> Please go and check it out and see if you can provide a quick fix or 
> two.
>
> 5a. Preview to Browser seems like it is almost there however the 
> command currently refreshes the front safari window however it does 
> not but the page that I am viewing into safari first! It seems like 
> there should be two commands - first preview current page in bowser - 
> and then secondly the current command to refresh the page. I think 
> this one might be a quick fix as it is in the commands menu (I would 
> do it and share if I could but alas I do not know applescript yet.)
>
> 6. Context sensitive code completion that is included in skedit and DW 
> (XHTML/CSS are most importnat to me).
> 7. Column select but with the option for discontinuous selections 
> (selecting every other line) like subethaedit.
> 8. Working with a remote server/FTP like DW
> 9. Split Pane Views

These are all things I need as well in order for TM to be my editor.