[TxMt] Re: TextMate 1 vs 2

[Randall Hand]

Is there any comprehensive documentation on what goes in this
tm_properties file?  I see lots of random snippets scattered around
the mailing list, but I haven't come across a full list.

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On Sep 20, 2012, at 4:26 PM, Allan Odgaard <mailinglist at textmate.org> wrote:

> On Sep 20, 2012, at 6:55 PM, Randall Hand <randall.hand at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> […] Is TM1 still "alive"? Or are users urged to start using TM2?  Am I just really missing
>> something in TextMate2?
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> TM 1.x is not being actively maintained, but it still works great for a lot of people.
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> TM 2.0 is alpha, and I don’t yet link directly to it from macromates.com because I am aware that there are still some things to iron out before I want to actively steer people toward it — particularly the issue of projects and creating new files is something new users often struggle with.
>
> That said, despite the rather negative outbursts in this thread, a lot of people find most aspects of 2.0 vastly superior to 1.x, but the “learning curve” is a little steep, as the UX hasn’t seen any polish and GUI is still lacking for some aspects.
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>> […] project-specific environment variables, and true "Projects" are important to me.
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> The first part has IMO been much improved in 2.0 because they are now just text files which can be version controlled, see e.g. http://blog.macromates.com/2011/git-style-configuration/ (although several of the settings mentioned has since received UI).
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> For the second one, I assume you mean grouping files which are spread out over your disk (and not via symbolic links); this is probably not something I am going to add, but part of the decision for making 2.0 open source was to allow users to add the things I don’t care for.
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