[TxMt] Re: Automatic vs. manual tabs

[Trevor Harmon]

On Sep 9, 2008, at 11:13 AM, Steve King wrote:
> One situation never occurs in a browser but is very, very common in  
> an editor: What happens when you have unsaved changes in the current  
> file then open a new file in the same tab? Should the editor auto- 
> save the current file? Discard changes? Ask the user? None of those  
> approaches are very satisfying.
>
That's a good point, although I think a satisfying way to handle this  
is simply to open a new tab if the current one is unsaved.

Even though I see now why some people prefer the always-a-new-tab  
behavior, I still think there are legitimate reasons for manual tabs  
as well. It would be nice if this were an option, then everyone could  
just choose the setting they like best.
> I do think that TextMate needs a way to somehow scroll the tabs in a  
> manner similar to Firefox. Not being able to see and re-arrange tabs  
> to the right of the viewport is really annoying.
>

I was thinking it might be cool if TextMate had visual tabs like  
OmniWeb or Shiira:

http://www.mathgamehouse.com/images/phillryu/shiira2full.png

But after testing the idea I've decided it just doesn't work with  
text. Web pages with graphics can be distinguished at thumbnail size,  
but source code files can't.

Trevor

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