[TxMt] help me get started with textmate doing rails development

[Adam French]

Hey Kelly,

I just started using textmate about a month ago, so I can relate to  
your confusion from watching those screencasts.  I've found that the  
best way for me to get accustomed to textmate is to explore the  
Bundle Editor (under Bundles >> Bundle Editor >> Show Bundle Editor  
or ctrl+option+cmd+B).  I do web-app development in PHP and Rails, so  
looking at what the PHP, HTML, Javascript, CSS, SQL, and Rails  
bundles are capable of really helps out.

happy Hunting!
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~Adam

On Oct 27, 2006, at 12:28 PM, Kelly Felkins wrote:

> Steve
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> On Oct 27, 2006, at 10:08 AM, Steve Lianoglou wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>> I'm trying textmate. How best to be introduced to this editor? Is  
>>> there a tutorial anywhere -- especially a rails specific one?
>>
>> I don't intend to sound condescending, but you should try to at  
>> least look over the manual. Some sections that will be immediately  
>> helpful are:
>>
>
> I've spent some time in the manual. I hope you didn't write it. I  
> find it difficult for a beginner to comprehend, namely me. I think  
> I need something *before* I get into that manual -- something that  
> steps me through some common operations. Also, I don't think the  
> manual discusses details introduced by bundles, and I think that  
> may be important. Please correct me if I'm wrong and I will  
> definitely take another look at the sections you list below.
>
>>   * Working with Text [1]
>>   * Bundles [2]
>>
>> The screencasts are real helpful too.
>> http://macromates.com/screencasts
>>
>>> etc. What key sequences are doing this expansion?
>>
>> The Tab key.
>
> I must be missing something here. When I type tab, it appears to  
> insert a tab. This makes sense to me when I am editing a general  
> text file. But this is also the behavior when I create a file named  
> Summer.rb in a rails models folder.
>>
>> The "magical" expansions that you'll run across in the screencasts  
>> and what not are either "Snippets" or "Macros". Keep yours eyes  
>> open for those words as are you're perusing the manual and it  
>> should become a bit clearer.
>>
>> HTH
>> -steve
>>
>> [1] http://macromates.com/textmate/manual/ 
>> working_with_text#working_with_text
>> [2] http://macromates.com/textmate/manual/bundles#bundles
>>
>
> Thanks again.
>
> -kelly
>
>
>
>
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