[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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