[TxMt] [ANN] Plug-Released : TeXMLMate

[thomas Aylott]

I'm just thinking of ways to use your same thing there for more than  
just the contents of the current document.
If it could handle just STDIN or a path to a file, you could use it  
for anything anywhere. For example, almost all of my xHtml files have  
embedded erb style thinggies in them which will be replaced by lovely  
well-formed goodness, but with your plugin, all it sees is the  
contents of the frontmost document.

I could easily write a textmate command that could strip out my ERB  
junk and replace it or even parse it and then use your tool to check  
it. I could make the textmate command trigger on save so I could  
check the XML-goodness of my pages without thinking about it.

Currently, i'd have to write a command to convert my document to xml  
compatible (which i would have to do either way)
then output the contents of that action into a new document
save it
then click the validate button on your palette

Ideally, i'd like to
write a command to convert my document to xml compatible (which i  
would have to do either way)
that then outputs the contents of that action directly into your  
plugin and clicks validate for me
and bind this command to command-s

The second way, I would get validations automatically for any and all  
XML scoped documents on save automatically.
The first way, I have to go through 3-4 steps for each document I  
want to validate every time I want it to validate and I have to deal  
with temporary files and extra windows full of parsed out junk.

I must admit that your plugin is really quite hip and I will be using  
it.
I just think it could be more flexible.

thomas Aylott — design42 — subtleGradient — CrazyEgg

On Dec 27, 2006, at 11:40 AM, Todd Ditchendorf wrote:

>> Does this thing necessarily have to be a plugin to function?
>> It looks like you could create an iconless application instead and  
>> launch it with a tmCommand.
>
> There's no technical barrier to just grabbing the window's current  
> (possibly unsaved) text from a plugin. In fact, it would probably  
> be easier. Then again, I have no idea what a tmCommand is...
>
> I'm looking into this, but at the moment, I'm thinking a plugin is  
> more appropriate than a separate, pseudo-app. But I welcome input  
> from anyone who knows more.
>
> Todd
>
>
> On Dec 27, 2006, at 10:30 AM, thomas Aylott wrote:
>
>> On Dec 27, 2006, at 9:54 AM, Todd Ditchendorf wrote:
>>
>>>> - It only seems to recognize changes in the document after I  
>>>> have saved it
>>>
>>> yeah.. this could be improved. thanks for the input
>>
>> Does this thing necessarily have to be a plugin to function?
>> It looks like you could create an iconless application instead and  
>> launch it with a tmCommand.
>> That would give you the ability to parse the unsaved version by  
>> simply piping the contents of the window to a temporary file using  
>> the tmCommand.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?LSUIElement
>>> Specifies that an application is background-only but has a UI as  
>>> well (usually a floating utility window). No menu bar or Dock  
>>> icon, with the exception that it may have an NSStatusItem.
>>
>>
>> thomas Aylott — design42 — subtleGradient — CrazyEgg
>>
>>
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