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

[Andy Armstrong]

On 6 Mar 2007, at 21:14, tlm wrote:
> On 3/6/07, Michael Gregoire <mgee at gwi.net> wrote:
>> Not at all true. TextMate comes with a cl executable which allows for
>> opening of files and directories via the command-line.
>
> Are you telling me that every time I want to open a new file I have
> the choice of either using the GUI or switching to a Terminal window
> so that I can use the CLI?  I certainly prefer the latter over the
> former, but it is awkward at best.  Sheesh...

No, you can also double click on files. In fact you can open things  
TextMate understands by as many means as are available under Mac OS.  
What exactly do you want it to do that you believe it doesn't do now?

> As for the Help business, for those who dare to see how much your
> beloved TM's Help sucks, try this.  Switch to the Finder, invoke Help,
> in the search box enter anything you like, for example "preferences",
> click on the first result, and now use Cmd-F to search for occurrences
> of a particular word in that page.  Pick a word you know is there.
> Success!  (So don't blame the OSX Help system for TM's developers'
> incompetence.)
>
> Now try exactly the same thing with the TextMate Help.  For added fun,
> put "project" in the search box, and pick the top hit "Working with
> multiple files".  Now do Cmd-F and search for the word "project".
> BONK!  BONK!  BONK!  Awesome, innit?  And one can't blame it on OSX;
> the Help pages for Finder, Safari, Mail, etc., don't have this
> problem.
>
> But now, let's behold this project business.  In the help page I learn
> that, if I'm happy with a lot of dragging and dropping, it is very
> easy (and **FUN**) to create a project.  I don't see the point in
> going through these hoops just to avoid having a zillion windows
> around.  This is *at best* an annoyance.

And at worst a complete load of bollocks that you've cargo culted  
into your tiny brain. If you only came here to troll then piss off.  
If you came to learn then shut up and learn.

-- 
Andy Armstrong, hexten.net