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Select Stuff Bundle
New bundle by Thomas Aylott and Hans-Jörg Bibiko makes working with TextMate a completely different experience!
Get the new SelectStuff.tmbundle on GitHub
Snow Leopard Bug
I know that some of you are already running Snow Leopard on your machines. You may have noticed a couple of bugs popping up in TextMate. The latest update (r1505) corrected a few things specific to Snow Leopart. I’ve seen a number of people come across this bug specifically, however. I frequently use Cmd+Right and Cmd+Left to move to the beginning and end of lines. This doesn’t seem to work properly in Snow Leopart. Hop on over to the Tickets at Macromates.com to get things resolved.
TextMate / Snow Leopard ‘Jump to end of line’ Bug (Ticket)
Wordpress Bundle Update for 2.8
This is just a short and sweet FYI. The WordPress Bundle (which I hope all TextMate/WordPress devs are using) has been updated for the latest 2.8 release. They’ve added a few things along with quick access to esc_functions & widget templates. Hit the link to get the info on getting the updated bundle.
Fixed by TextMate 2
Okay, so this isn’t really a tip but I found it entertaining and wanted to share it. Obviously the past couple of days has brought forth a lot of TextMate 2 buzz. It’s been all over blogs and twitter about the “talk” re-surfacing. One thing I came across was a mini-app written by Ryan Bigg. Ryan is a developer in Queensland (Australia). From his blog:
This site is http://fixedbytm2.com and, as you can now probably see, shows you, in bite-sized pieces so you’re not too overwhelmed exactly what features and bugs are going to be fixed in TextMate 2!
Clicking the link above will take you to the site. You’ll see a randomly selected, user-added “feature” from TextMate 2. Here are a few of my favorites so far:
economic and financial crisis will be fixed by TextMate 2
Windows Registry will be fixed by TextMate 2
Endless smug and pompous blog posts by switchers to vim will be fixed by TextMate 2
So if you want some brief entertainment, head on over and click “Random” a few times.
TextMate Tweets
This is part of a series of Tweets about TextMate that we are highlighting.
I love you, TextMate. I don’t think I’ll ever stop discovering helpful new features.
Then in Response
@lankybutmacho Why don’t you and TextMate get a room?
And Another Response
@CozyJosie We already did get a room. I am in it right now.
TextMate 2 “is going strong”
For anyone who has removed the official Macromates blog feed from their reader, you missed out on an update from today. Allan Odgaard, the creator of TextMate, wrote an update on TextMate 2. It looks like Allan just isn’t the “large audience” communicator. He says his goal is for a bit more transparency in the update process though so keep your head up TextMate fans! It’s coming! Click below to read his full blog entry.
In short, TextMate development is going strong: TextMate 2 isn’t done yet, but progress is steady, it is starting to take shape, and the end is in sight.
TextMate Tweets
This is part of a series of Tweets about TextMate that we are highlighting.
falling in love with textmate snippets all over again
Color chaning on the fly via cmd-shift-c
When working within TextMate I often find myself needing to change a background color or border slightly off of another color. TextMate has a great tool for doing this, here’s how to use it.
jQuery & TextMate Love
If you’ve been around the web development realm for, say, about 2 minutes - chances are you’ve heard of jQuery. If you’ve been around for about 5 minutes then you’ve probably looked at some really neat demos. Furthermore, if you’ve been around for about 6 minutes you might have just used it before to some degree. I use jQuery very often and I really wish I would have slowed down enough to do what someone has finally done.
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TextMate “Tip of the Day”
This may be a bit obvious to some of you but it’s worth mentioning anyways. Like many applications do, TextMate comes with a “Tip of the Day” built-in. I haven’t installed TextMate in years but I think that by default this is turned on when installed. Either way, it offers a “random” tip when TextMate is opened or when you select it from the menu. To see a TextMate Tip from within TextMate just go to TextMate > Show Tip of the Day in the menu bar (see image to the right).
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