[TxMt] Spaces

[Richard K Miller]

On Oct 30, 2007, at 9:49 AM, Pat Maddox wrote:

> On Oct 30, 2007 8:40 AM, Richard K Miller <richardkmiller at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> So far I like Spaces, with a couple of caveats:
>>
>> 1. It can be confusing to open multiple windows of the same
>> application in separate spaces. For example, I'd like to have one
>> Textmate window for web development and another for my GTD list, in
>> separate spaces. The problem is that when I use Command-Tab to switch
>> to Textmate, it switches to the most recent Textmate window I used
>> instead of the Textmate window in the current space (which is what I
>> would prefer.) I think Command-Tab should give priority to  
>> application
>> windows in the current space. As far as I can tell this is a Spaces
>> characteristic since TextEdit behaves the same.
>>
>> 2. When I open the Find dialog in Textmate, it switches to the last
>> space where I used Find, instead of bringing the Find dialog into the
>> current space. I believe this is a Textmate issue, as it does not
>> occur in TextEdit. If this is scheduled to be fixed in version 2.0, I
>> can wait. Should I submit this as a bug, or is this expected  
>> behavior?
>>
>> Richard
>>
> I wouldn't be so quick to blame TM.  I find a lot of funkiness with
> other apps (firefox, mail).  I'm sure that since Spaces is brand new
> there will be some wrinkles to iron out.  Though I'm not too sure that
> Apple will actually fix them.
>
> Also, I thought 2.0 was just a rumor that wasn't going to happen.  At
> least that's what it says in the IRC chan...

I don't believe TM is to blame for #1. As for #2, I haven't tested  
other apps, but TextEdit seems to behave correctly while TM doesn't  
work. I suppose that could still be a bug in Spaces.

I hadn't heard about 2.0 being a rumor.