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I'm really interested in the TextMate hype as I haven't used it myself. But, it's concerning that updates rarely come. Wasn't a 2.0 version suppose to come year

by jonpaul 16y ago

I'm really interested in the TextMate hype as I haven't used it myself. But, it's concerning that updates rarely come. Wasn't a 2.0 version suppose to come years ago? It leads me to believe the developer(s) lost interest.

noarchy 16y ago
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.
- jshen 16y ago
  I'm that weirdo that uses a different editor every couple of years. I used tm for a few years and the reason it's popular is that it does most of what a programmer wants out of the box without any hassle. Drag the folder of your rails app onto it and your good to go. I can do a lot more with emacs but it took a serious investment of time to get up to speed with it and to configure it in a sensible way.
- flyosity 16y ago
  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 find "message_report.phtml". The filtering is instant. Whenever I go to a fellow engineer's desk to work with them on something and they're using Zend Studio or vim it's so painful to watch them go through a gigantic project tree to find a file when I can open any file in under a second. The full project search is fantastic, too. Once it's indexed, a full project search of a 500KLOC project takes only a few seconds.
  - X-Istence 16y ago
    http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3025 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3025 Very much like command + t in TextMate, and works like a charm.

by jonpaul 16y ago

noarchy 16y ago

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.

jshen 16y ago
I'm that weirdo that uses a different editor every couple of years. I used tm for a few years and the reason it's popular is that it does most of what a programmer wants out of the box without any hassle. Drag the folder of your rails app onto it and your good to go. I can do a lot more with emacs but it took a serious investment of time to get up to speed with it and to configure it in a sensible way.
flyosity 16y ago
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 find "message_report.phtml". The filtering is instant. Whenever I go to a fellow engineer's desk to work with them on something and they're using Zend Studio or vim it's so painful to watch them go through a gigantic project tree to find a file when I can open any file in under a second. The full project search is fantastic, too. Once it's indexed, a full project search of a 500KLOC project takes only a few seconds.
- X-Istence 16y ago
  http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3025 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3025 Very much like command + t in TextMate, and works like a charm.