[TxMt] Fwd: New beta of the TextMate book is available
James Edward Gray II
james at grayproductions.net
Wed Nov 8 15:47:12 UTC 2006
For those who have been asking me when there will be another beta...
James Edward Gray II
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Dave Thomas <d... at pragprog.com>
> Date: Nov 8, 9:31 am
> Subject: New beta of the TextMate book is available
> To: Ruby on Rails: Talk
>
>
> Folks:
>
> I've uploaded the B1.03 version of Jame Edward Gray II's TextMate
> book. Here's what James says about the release:
>
> Sorry for the delay folks, but hopefully it will have been worth
> the
> wait. The next beta of the TextMate book is ready and it's just
> full of
> requested content!
>
> Several people have expressed to me the need for the book to cover
> TextMate's language grammars and I've been listening. The new beta
> contains a complete walkthrough of how to build a grammar, using
> JSON
> as an example. Beyond that, I've added coverage for the equally
> important preferences and themes. If you're wanting to use
> TextMate
> with custom syntaxes, this material should get you started.
>
> The other reason this beta took a bit is that I have been
> responding
> to your feedback. The community has provided tons of priceless
> advice
> for making the book better. Thanks so much for that! I've read
> through it all and tried to make improvements based on most of
> those great ideas. By all means, keep sending in the feedback.
> I want this book to be exactly what the community needs it to be.
>
> I use TextMate as my main code editor (and have for over a year) and
> I still
> learn new things every time I look through it.
>
> http://pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/textmate
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave
>
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