Comments on: Textmate 2.0/Avian – Soon in private alpha

By: Rune

Rune — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:05:03 +0000

Agree, TM 2.0 seems more like a joke now …

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 06 May 2010 11:16:37 +0000

Also would be cool to be able to open one file from a project in different window and multiline project search would be nice too.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 06 May 2010 11:16:37 +0000

Also would be cool to be able to open one file from a project in different window and multiline project search would be nice too.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Thu, 06 May 2010 10:59:41 +0000

TM does lack some very basic features… not the least of which is split windows. I used to think that the split window thing was silly until i started using VIM… (i use both… vim and tm) … but it would be very nice to have split window support in TM.

Also, the undo feature in TM is about the most aggravating feature for me…

By: Joshua

Joshua — Thu, 06 May 2010 10:59:41 +0000

Also, the undo feature in TM is about the most aggravating feature for me…

By: David

David — Thu, 06 May 2010 04:45:11 +0000

I bought TextMate several years ago because it had the best Mac OS X design, it was fast, and elegant. I think it actually improves with age because you gradually learn how to use the more powerful features and extend it through macros, bundles, and shell integration. And it keeps getting faster which each Mac upgrade. I've upgraded from iMac to PowerMac, and then recently to MacBook Pro. The new hardware just makes it run even faster.

Many of you say that just can't wait any longer for TM2, but what exactly are you waiting for? Does TM1 lack some essential feature?

By: David

David — Thu, 06 May 2010 04:45:11 +0000

Many of you say that just can't wait any longer for TM2, but what exactly are you waiting for? Does TM1 lack some essential feature?

By: David

David — Thu, 06 May 2010 04:45:11 +0000

Many of you say that just can't wait any longer for TM2, but what exactly are you waiting for? Does TM1 lack some essential feature?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:22:32 +0000

Well, it's been YEARS. So I guess that's that.

By: JulesLt

JulesLt — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:10:48 +0000

The irony is there seems to be more activity around TextMate compatible editors on Windows (e-editor and Sublime) than there is on the Mac.

Unfortunately, neither really offers the close integration with the OS environment ('e' uses Cygwin, so allows some integration, and therefore some bundles to work. The Linux version may be better but only in Beta, and I'm not changing OS to change editor!)

Sublime abandons close compatibility for inspiration (so you can take themes, and languages, but not most bundles) but also has some interesting ideas of its own. I think the idea of narrowing the scripting focus to Python is probably a good one - even if I'm more familiar with other languages.

Nick - if you want something simple and powerful, and that will never be abandoned, and with little GUI and strong Unix integration, it's always worth learning either Vi or Emacs. (On the other hand, Textmate was the first editor since 1992 to switch me away from vi).

Put me down in the 'increasingly concerned' crowd. It's still a very usable program to me, and I don't regret the money I paid, but I think the lack of product updates and news will eventually start to hurt the community around 'mate.