Small TextMate tip
Here’s a small TextMate tip I discovered today. Normally, some TextMate functions don’t work too well with Ruby code. Word selection and keyword completion ignore Ruby-specific characters like : or ? or !. For example, if you used somewhere method like blank? and then you type bl and press Esc, TextMate will complete it as blank, ignoring the ? at the end. And don’t even get me started about when you double click blank? and the ? is not selected.
To change it, go to the Preferences (CMD-,) and select Text Editing tab. At the bottom, there’s an editbox labeled Word characters containing a single _ by default. Add characters :?! to this editbox, close the window and you’re done. Enjoy!
There’s one caveat, however. This setting is global and affects word selection and keyword completion in all files. If you edit many other types of files, that could be a problem.
why not using netbeans with awsome code completion? :)
Paul said this on 2008-05-23 at 00:38:41
because TextMate is cool, light, known and just good enough for our needs?
szeryf said this on 2008-05-23 at 08:40:26
i dunno, lack of refactoring is a big disadvantage for me. I never really used TextMate so I cannot compare it.
Paul said this on 2008-05-23 at 12:30:47
After your post I wanted to give TextMate a try.
sudo apt-get install textmate gives “E: Couldn’t find package textmate”. Hmmm wtf? Quick google search and I got
“Allan has received numerous requests for Microsoft Windows and Linux version of TextMate, but has publicly stated that he has no interest in making such ports.”
No TextMate for me I guess. Any alternatives? Possibly for Ubuntu?
Paul said this on 2008-05-31 at 19:37:05
Yeah, it’s really a shame TM is only available for Mac OS X. Not being a Linux user, I can’t tell if there’s a decent replacement of TextMate for it. I’ve heard about some clones for Windows (one called E Text Editor), maybe they have Linux versions.
szeryf said this on 2008-05-31 at 20:40:09