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Some TextMate tips and tricks
I've previously mentioned my text editor of choice is TextMate. I'm the first to admit that I am not a power user of TextMate, since I'm a word slinger not a code monkey. Lots of TextMate's features don't really come into play for me, but even if one discards the many features that help developers there is still lots to sink your teeth into. This avalanche of features is sure to intimidate new users, luckily our good friends at Circle Six Design have taken it upon themselves to enlighten us to some of TextMate's features, as well as give us the low down on how to make TextMate sing (in a metaphorical sense that is).As if that weren't enough, Scott over at WishingLine whipped up a neat background image that features some of TextMate's keyboard shortcuts. What more can a prospective TextMate user want?
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Graham English said 12:20AM on 1-06-2007
I just got into TextMate a couple of weeks ago and it would easily be my blog editor of choice if only it handled excerpts. It's so powerful! Thanks for pointing me to the tutorial. Maybe I'll be able to edit the blogging bundle now.
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Chris Bartley said 8:55PM on 1-06-2007
Thanks for the tips, but, in the future, could you (and other TUAW bloggers) please provide a link to the software's site? I've noticed this with a lot of TUAW blog entries--there are a numerous links in the post, but none actually is a direct link to the software. Having to google for them all the time is kind of a drag. Thanks.
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Macster said 1:17AM on 1-07-2007
I couldn't agree more. Typing "Textmate" into the little Google box at the upper right is a little much to ask. Plus, although it does come up at the very top of the Google search, I do have to look down slightly. These two things, typing 8 letters and looking down slightly, really is asking a lot of us.
Oh and I almost forgot, I have to actually click on the link in Google, it doesn't just read my mind; which is ridiculously bad user interface design on Google's part.
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Chris Bartley said 9:59PM on 1-08-2007
@Macster...
No, the real reason I want a link to the software in question is so that I have more free time--like you, apparently--to write antagonistic, unhelpful replies to people who are merely trying to provide a little constructive criticism and improve everyone's user experience.
Honestly, don't you find it the least bit odd that there's no link to TextMate in neither this nor in Mr. McNulty's other two blog entries about TextMate (referenced by this one)? In contrast, the circlesixdesign.com article has a link in the very first sentence.
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