[TxMt] Re: How to compile and run a java project

[Rodrigo Ruiz]

How do I do auto-completion with TextMate? just a simple tab?

On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 3:37 AM, Mark Jackson <mrcodewizard at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Apr 23, 2011, at 8:40 PM, Rodrigo Ruiz wrote:
>
> > Why is that?
>
> With a Text Editor you are forced to type in everything. Some editors (like
> BBEdit) are similar to IDEs and will popup suggestions; I think they make it
> more difficult to actually learn the language. With TM, you don't have the
> auto-popup (you can pull up suggestions, but you have to manually trigger
> them). Later you can start using the tab triggers and the manual (⌃+⌘+T)
> selection to save time adding code you already understand.
>
> >
> > And does TextMate shows typing mistakes? like forgetting a ";" or typing
> something like Systtem.out.pritnln()?
>
> No. Unlike Eclipse, it does not do that. You can however edit the bundle
> and make it do that, I just don't see much use in that (it's a big job) as
> the debugger will pick it up, anyway. This is one of the reasons that Text
> Editors have a smaller footprint and are faster than IDEs.
>
> If you have your tab triggers set up correctly, you will not have this
> problem often. As an example I have set up ⇧-⌘-⏎ to add a new line and
> terminus specific to the language (e.g ; in PERL). I make it a habit to
> terminate ALL lines even if it's redundant. Some IDEs do this for you, I
> think it's a bad habit to get into. Which takes us back to a text editor IMO
> being a better way to learn.
>
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