[TxMt] How can TextMate be so popular???

[Andy Armstrong]

On 6 Mar 2007, at 17:58, tlm wrote:
> The first thing I learn about working with TextMate is that to open a
> file I need to use a GUI.

$ mate filename

> Fine, let's use the mouse.  I open an HTML file and a JavaScript file.
> Now I have TWO windows open.  Good grief...  Let's see, in my typical
> coding session I work on at least a dozen buffers at any one time.  So
> I suppose that, if I were using TextMate as my text editor, I'd have
> to wade through at least a dozen windows cluttering my desktop...
> Strike 2.

Drag the containing folder to the TM icon or create a project or

$ mate somedir

>   (If so my only remaining misgiving would be
> regarding the supreme lack of customer awareness responsible for not
> having these hypothetical customizations as standard-out-of-the-box in
> the first place.)

Sorry, you're talking absolute rubbish so far. I can't really be  
bothered to read about your other 'discoveries'.

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Andy Armstrong, hexten.net