[TxMt] UI - redistributing the density

[Kamen Nedev]

Excuse me for butting in again. I'm trying to reach a useful level of  
abstraction here.  I, too, would like TM to do everything and then  
sing me a nursery rhyme in bed. But it seems the TM philosophy,  
unlike BBEdit or Emacs, is actually closer to the Unix K.I.S.S.  
principle: use other apps for ftp/ssh access, document validation,  
tags, etc., and make TM a component in an effective system.

QuickSilver is just one (graphical, top-level) way to do this. The  
Unix shell is another. This conflict (creeping featuritis vs. good  
component integration) is not unique to TM, but, as a relative  
newcomer to the field, a lot of this is yet to be solved.

Me, I prefer the K.I.S.S. approach: leave the complexity of the  
problem field in the problem field,  use a set of simple tools and  
operations to freely map it out in the solution field, and then solve  
it.

Just my 2 cents.

Best,

Kamen

On 23/02/2006, at 14:41, Jeroen van der Ham wrote:

> Kamen Nedev wrote:
>> You're describing  QuickSilver. QS rocks. Absolutely. I'm off to  
>> their
>> forums to demand a TextMate plugin. (Ouch, their site is down...
>> nevermind).
>
> With QS you can already access all menus of an application through a
> custom shortcut.
>
> - Enable advanced features in QS
> - Enable Proxy objects (Catalog, Quicksilver)
> - Setup a keyboard shortcut under Triggers for Current Application  
> (Show
> Menu Items)
>
> Jeroen.
>
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