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Re: TextMate finally gets an update

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Post by X-Istence » Sun, Nov 14, 2010, 1:44 AM UTC

teilo wrote: post #4

X-Istence wrote: post #3

TextMate is my favourite editor on the Mac, only recently have I been using MacVim on my work computer since as a startup they are unable to purchase a license for TextMate. Honestly though, there are some things in MacVim I am now starting to miss in TextMate.

The longer you use MacVim, the more that will be true. Before you know it, you will hardly miss TextMate at all.

That is indeed what I have been finding out as I go along.

I've got MacVim set up with NerdTree, and a snippets plugin much like Text Mate has and I almost never have the feeling that I want TextMate.

Re: TextMate finally gets an update

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Post by X-Istence » Sun, Nov 14, 2010, 1:48 AM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #17

X-Istence wrote: post #3

TextMate is my favourite editor on the Mac, only recently have I been using MacVim on my work computer since as a startup they are unable to purchase a license for TextMate. Honestly though, there are some things in MacVim I am now starting to miss in TextMate.

A company that can pay a developer salary but won't pay the cost of that developer's favorite text editor has its priorities out of whack.

Not on salary, I am paid hourly and currently it is at an interns wage based on the fact that I joined right out of school.

Once our B-Round completes I am hoping for a raise :-).

Honestly I am not to worried, when I joined the CEO bought me my keyboard of choice (Apple aluminium) and an extra screen to dual screen it, right now money is tight, and I am the only one that is not using the Qt IDE even-though I am programming for Qt. I get treated well, and enjoy the work, honestly that matters more to me than what text editor I have to use, and I figure it helps me learn a text editor that is used by thousands of programmers daily.

Re: TextMate finally gets an update

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Post by X-Istence » Sun, Nov 14, 2010, 1:53 AM UTC

dasil003 wrote: post #28

Legion wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

With a few Vim plugins, there's nothing left to miss. One of particular note for TextMate users, Command-T: https://wincent.com/products/command-t

There are a few things. Because I do so many other things with various text fields on my machine, and vim bindings everywhere is not really feasible (yet?!), being very adept with the Command/Option/Shift/Arrow Keys/Cut/Paste is something that has widespread utility. The vim bindings for this stuff are much richer, and fewer key strokes of course, but the universality matters, and the buffer/clipboard dichotomy is pr…

I love TextMate but I do feel that at the current pace it is in my best interest to learn new text editors.

There is also something to be said for vim opening a 8 GB file, and searching through it to replace what used to be an unreserved name in a MySQL dump to a reserved name. Most if not all other editors will completely fail.

While at first I was sad that I couldn't just have my TextMate at work (another user just pointed out I can use one license for work and home! Score!) I am also glad that I have learned at least the surface plus a couple of centimetres of what vim is all about and how powerful it really is.

Re: TextMate finally gets an update

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Post by X-Istence » Sun, Nov 14, 2010, 2:00 AM UTC

flyosity wrote: post #93

noarchy wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've used it, but I still don't get the hype. It does seem to be a handy, lightweight editor with decent features. But you can get that for free in other editors. That said, you can't underestimate the power of the attachment that people get to their editors/IDEs of choice. I personally know a few TextMate devotees.

My favorite features (that I've only seen implemented half as well in every other editor) is the pop-up Go To File dialog where I can start typing a file's name and it'll find the file in the open project, and the Go To Symbol dialog where I can start typing a function's name and it'll go right there in the current file. The best part about the Go To File dialog is I can type something like "mess re pht" and it will…

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3025

Very much like command + t in TextMate, and works like a charm.

Re: TextMate finally gets an update

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Post by X-Istence » Sun, Nov 14, 2010, 2:02 AM UTC

meric wrote: post #74

Might be a good place to mention another Mac OS X editor. http://macrabbit.com/espresso/ Disclaimer: I also wrote a clojure highlight/indent extension for it. https://github.com/meric/clojure

I have a copy of their CSS Edit and it is a life saver. It is one of the few tools I ALWAYS have open when editing a web page.

I have no idea how I used to go through life without it.