[TxMt] Re: Resources for Emacs veterans?

[Xavier Noria]

On Mar 6, 2007, at 5:17 PM, Jacob Rus wrote:

>> 3. can I work on a single window, switching between buffers from the
>> keyboard, or will I have a zillion windows floating around my  
>> desktop?
>
> Yes, you can make a 'project' with several files in it open in tabs

Since the OP didn't know about this, according to his question, let  
me add that there are of course shorcuts to move through tabs, but  
you don't need to use the tabs, and given you're profile you're  
likely not to.

The shortcut ⌘T launches a mini Window with a list of file names and  
a textbox. As you type in the textbox the list of file names is  
filtered on the fly using some smart algorithm (typing "ic" selects  
"invoice_controller.rb" in my current project for instance, I don't  
know whether the algorithm is the same one used by Quicksilver but  
they behave similarly). Selecting a file name in the filtered list  
opens that file or tab (if it was already opened).

There are some libraries for buffer selection with completion for  
emacs, but since TextMate is designed around projects ⌘T actually  
does not care whether the file was open or not, its natural scope is  
the project, and that's far mor useful the way I work (perhaps ECB  
offers something like this for the minibuffer?).

So you can forget about the tabs and the mouse, the entire project is  
there at the tip of your fingers.

-- fxn