[TxMt] ANN: Live Preview Filter for CSS, HTML, Textile, Markdown, Rails Views & Live Diffs

[Oliver Hagmann]

For some strange reason, I can't activate the "Pipe text through"  
checkbox. Any hints?
Cheers. Oliver


On 11.06.2006, at 15:29, thomas Aylott wrote:

> Howdy.
>
> Enjoy instant-ish feedback!!!!1!
> http://textmate.svn.subtlegradient.com/Support/bin/ 
> 42_TextMate_live_preview.rb
>
> Put the full path to that file in the Pipe text through box in the  
> Web Preview Window
> <pastedGraphic.png>
>
> For CSS, it'll ask you to open a file and paste a test-url in  
> there. It completely replaces all links to css files with the css  
> you're previewing, AS YOU TYPE!!!1!
>
> For HTML, it inserts a base tag with the TM_PROJECT_SITEURL
>
> For Rails Views, it redirects the page to the saved version via  
> your TM_PROJECT_SITEURL. Just try it out, you may hate it ;).
>
> For markdown and textile, it renders it as markdown or textile.  
> Never worry about changing your filter script!
>
> For all other source files, it does a live diff between the saved  
> and unsaved version. No coloring of anything fancy, but handy (yes,  
> i know all about the diff bundle).
>
> For everything else, it does nothing special, yet.
>
>
> I tried t do this a while ago but i couldn't make it work. Turns  
> out that only a few TM specific variables were being set. Allan has  
> since fixed that.
>
> Personally, I think this script is really stupid and unnecessary.  
> But extremely handy as a stopgap until we get something that is  
> supposed to replace this.
>
> Basically, if we had a way to make ANY command rerun itself or  
> refresh after change, then this filter would be totally unnecessary  
> and we could make each of these things a separate refresh-after- 
> change command. Allan, add it to the list?
>
> enjoy
>
> Also! If anybody has any improvement suggestions, suggest away! I'm  
> all for it. I only knocked this thing together last night when i  
> should have been sleeping. Most things are not done the best way.  
> Feel free to improve or replace. Enjoy!
>
> thomas Aylott—subtleGradient
>
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