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Re: TextMate 2 (Public) Alpha

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Post by lucian1900 »

superchink wrote: post #23
peregrine wrote: post #4

In the mean time Sublime Text 2 has all of the Alpha features as well as cross platform support and support for TextMate bundles. You should really give it a shot if you haven't.

The vintage (vim-like) mode is what pulled me into sublime text as my go-to editor. It's just so much faster. I opened the textmate alpha and immediately had a bunch of j characters appear before I realized i don't think I can go back. It's either ST or vim for now…

I've been using Emacs with Evil mode (vim emulation). I'm also addicted to vim's bindings.

Re: TextMate 2 (Public) Alpha

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Post by veidr »

pilif wrote: post #90
peregrine wrote: post #4

In the mean time Sublime Text 2 has all of the Alpha features as well as cross platform support and support for TextMate bundles. You should really give it a shot if you haven't.

There is one feature in TextMate that's not in Sublime which I really love to the point, where it's an absolute requirement for me: when I edit a file in TextMate and my account lacks permission for saving the file, TM would allow me to sudo right from the GUI in order to still save. This is much better than seeing that I can't save, copy the whole file to the clipboard, reopen it with 'sudo vim' and then pasting it…

Bitch and ye shall receive!

Further evidence for my theory that complaining is the root of all human progress: Jon pushed a new beta today that fixes this. (Build 2147)

Re: TextMate 2 (Public) Alpha

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Post by kstrauser »

pilif wrote: post #90
peregrine wrote: post #4

In the mean time Sublime Text 2 has all of the Alpha features as well as cross platform support and support for TextMate bundles. You should really give it a shot if you haven't.

There is one feature in TextMate that's not in Sublime which I really love to the point, where it's an absolute requirement for me: when I edit a file in TextMate and my account lacks permission for saving the file, TM would allow me to sudo right from the GUI in order to still save. This is much better than seeing that I can't save, copy the whole file to the clipboard, reopen it with 'sudo vim' and then pasting it…

I guess ST2's author read this, because this morning's new beta release notes include:

    *OSX: Prompting for elevated privileges when saving protected files*

Re: TextMate 2 (Public) Alpha

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Post by pilif »

veidr wrote: post #172
pilif wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is one feature in TextMate that's not in Sublime which I really love to the point, where it's an absolute requirement for me: when I edit a file in TextMate and my account lacks permission for saving the file, TM would allow me to sudo right from the GUI in order to still save. This is much better than seeing that I can't save, copy the whole file to the clipboard, reopen it with 'sudo vim' and then pasting it…

Bitch and ye shall receive! Further evidence for my theory that complaining is the root of all human progress: Jon pushed a new beta today that fixes this. (Build 2147)

I really didn't want to seem bitchy about the issue. In fact, aside of voting for it on their userecho feature request page and writing that comment, I haven't done anything else - surely no trolling.

If my post came over as bitchy, I apologize. I really just wanted to tell the world that there's one missing feature preventing me from using Sublime more - also in the hope of maybe getting a good hint on how to solve it.

Re: TextMate 2 (Public) Alpha

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Post by clintonb11 »

mjs wrote: post #91
sitharus wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're definitely not alone. It's cross platform, so it's not quite at home on OS X, it just feels wrong somehow. Pity really.

Anything specific? I haven't noticed noticed anything very much amiss with Sublime. (It's as native feeling as Chrome, say, or indeed TextMate.)

Agreed. I use ST2 on windows at work, and on OSX at home. I think it is great on both.

Re: TextMate 2 (Public) Alpha

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Post by clintonb11 »

dkersten wrote: post #66
AbeEstrada wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I tried Sublime Text 2 and didn't like it, now waiting for a stable release of TextMate 2

I also tried it some months ago and didn't like it. I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but it somehow felt awkward to me. I just downloaded it again though - going to give it another try before I make my final decision.

I would suggest installing the dark soda theme. It seems to remove any need for your finger to be put on anything. https://github.com/buymeasoda/soda-theme

Re: TextMate 2 (Public) Alpha

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Post by dkersten »

clintonb11 wrote: post #176
dkersten wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I also tried it some months ago and didn't like it. I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but it somehow felt awkward to me. I just downloaded it again though - going to give it another try before I make my final decision.

I would suggest installing the dark soda theme. It seems to remove any need for your finger to be put on anything. https://github.com/buymeasoda/soda-theme

I will give it a try, thanks!

Re: TextMate 2 (Public) Alpha

#178

Post by veidr »

pilif wrote: post #174
veidr wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bitch and ye shall receive! Further evidence for my theory that complaining is the root of all human progress: Jon pushed a new beta today that fixes this. (Build 2147)

I really didn't want to seem bitchy about the issue. In fact, aside of voting for it on their userecho feature request page and writing that comment, I haven't done anything else - surely no trolling. If my post came over as bitchy, I apologize. I really just wanted to tell the world that there's one missing feature preventing me from using Sublime more - also in the hope of maybe getting a good hint on how to solve…

Sorry, I meant "bitch" simply in the generic sense of "to complain about x", not that your comment came across as bitchy.

I'm glad you did bring it up in public, and glad the issue was fixed, since I use ST a lot but this was a rather glaring omission for a Mac text editor.

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