[TextMate] Web Preview Enhancements -> output of a command

Dominique PERETTI dperetti at lachoseinteractive.net
Fri Oct 22 16:18:49 UTC 2004


>> I do'nt use web preview neither (who still writes static html ??) BUT 
>> I would if the web preview could be used as the output of a custom 
>> TextMate command.
>> One could the call a script whose output would be well designed html 
>> to display a complex error log, for instance.
>
> Just my opinion but why not let your command do this instead?  you 
> could pipe it to safari or end in `open -a Safari 
> /tmp/error_test.html`

I do such a thing currently. I'm just pro the cool factor :-)

> While I'm at it .. I would also vote to not put too much development 
> into WebPreview since Safari is only a command-tab + command-R 
> away.... unless there was a feature like SubEthaEdit that did 
> WebPreview in realtime as you type.
>

But at the same time, I agree with you. There is a lot to be done (the 
"refresh" bug drives me nuts) right now before the developers should 
take time for new features (expect maybe the function popup :-) ).




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