Comments on: TextMate Homage http://blog.macromates.com/2006/textmate-homage/ TextMate and OS X Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:53:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: albemuth http://blog.macromates.com/2006/textmate-homage/#comment-3457 albemuth Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:38:17 +0000 http://macromates.com/blog/archives/2006/11/21/textmate-homage/#comment-3457 <p>User experience is king, IMO that's why people buy TM / IDEA instead of using the free stuff, no other text editor I've tried gives you the same feel as TM</p> User experience is king, IMO that's why people buy TM / IDEA instead of using the free stuff, no other text editor I've tried gives you the same feel as TM

]]> By: nichlas http://blog.macromates.com/2006/textmate-homage/#comment-3083 nichlas Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:38:23 +0000 http://macromates.com/blog/archives/2006/11/21/textmate-homage/#comment-3083 <p>E is pretty awesome, I've been using it for a couple of days now after finally getting sick of JEdit. See my blog post here: http://blog.heavenlymedia.co.uk/?p=10 It has all the useful little features I used to use on JEdit but just a little nicer, plus there are the textmate bundles which are great!</p> E is pretty awesome, I've been using it for a couple of days now after finally getting sick of JEdit. See my blog post here: http://blog.heavenlymedia.co.uk/?p=10 It has all the useful little features I used to use on JEdit but just a little nicer, plus there are the textmate bundles which are great!

]]> By: Jeremy http://blog.macromates.com/2006/textmate-homage/#comment-2862 Jeremy Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:26:34 +0000 http://macromates.com/blog/archives/2006/11/21/textmate-homage/#comment-2862 <p>e is the replacement. I had textmate envy till I found e. Not only can it do a many a things textmate can do but apparently there are things available in e not on textmate. I personally do not know as I have not used textmate extensively but would recommend e to anyone looking for a good powerful text editor that has not been swayed by the apple advertisement for a shinny slow machine with pointless effects (my opinion on machine speed i based on flash and video work done on my xp machine to co-workers osx, now leapord machine ). :P</p> e is the replacement. I had textmate envy till I found e. Not only can it do a many a things textmate can do but apparently there are things available in e not on textmate. I personally do not know as I have not used textmate extensively but would recommend e to anyone looking for a good powerful text editor that has not been swayed by the apple advertisement for a shinny slow machine with pointless effects (my opinion on machine speed i based on flash and video work done on my xp machine to co-workers osx, now leapord machine ). :P

]]> By: Charles http://blog.macromates.com/2006/textmate-homage/#comment-2318 Charles Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:22:48 +0000 http://macromates.com/blog/archives/2006/11/21/textmate-homage/#comment-2318 <p>It's gotta be said, the undo history functionality with branching is absolutely awesome - will something similar be implemented in TextMate? I really dig the whole Cooperation rather Competition thing, but will it be a two way process?</p> It's gotta be said, the undo history functionality with branching is absolutely awesome – will something similar be implemented in TextMate? I really dig the whole Cooperation rather Competition thing, but will it be a two way process?

]]> By: Nick T http://blog.macromates.com/2006/textmate-homage/#comment-2290 Nick T Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:16:20 +0000 http://macromates.com/blog/archives/2006/11/21/textmate-homage/#comment-2290 <p>Hello again.</p> <p>Any news on the third alternative? Or is it still not public?</p> Hello again.

Any news on the third alternative? Or is it still not public?

]]> By: Geoff http://blog.macromates.com/2006/textmate-homage/#comment-2200 Geoff Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:34:10 +0000 http://macromates.com/blog/archives/2006/11/21/textmate-homage/#comment-2200 <p>Follow-up. I paid for my copy of e even though the trial period wasn't up yet. The editor is completely usable and I've had very good response time when contacting the author. Development has been proceeding at a good clip, and I'm just getting a better vibe than with InType.</p> <p>InType is, for me, not usable for real work at the moment, with no undo at all, no multiple document capability, and so on. Also, the ability to pull bundles and have them work in e is great. (The notable exception is AppleScript commands which, for perhaps obvious reasons, don't work under Windows, and macros.)</p> Follow-up. I paid for my copy of e even though the trial period wasn't up yet. The editor is completely usable and I've had very good response time when contacting the author. Development has been proceeding at a good clip, and I'm just getting a better vibe than with InType.

InType is, for me, not usable for real work at the moment, with no undo at all, no multiple document capability, and so on. Also, the ability to pull bundles and have them work in e is great. (The notable exception is AppleScript commands which, for perhaps obvious reasons, don't work under Windows, and macros.)

]]> By: Rhywun http://blog.macromates.com/2006/textmate-homage/#comment-2189 Rhywun Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:05:02 +0000 http://macromates.com/blog/archives/2006/11/21/textmate-homage/#comment-2189 <p>There's an InType alpha now - it looks pretty promising. I tried 'e' a while back and didn't care for it, and especially didn't care for someone charging money for a beta product. I use Mac at home and Windows at work so I'm kind of looking for something like TextMate on Windows even though I do most of my work in Visual Studio.</p> There's an InType alpha now – it looks pretty promising. I tried 'e' a while back and didn't care for it, and especially didn't care for someone charging money for a beta product. I use Mac at home and Windows at work so I'm kind of looking for something like TextMate on Windows even though I do most of my work in Visual Studio.

]]> By: Geoff http://blog.macromates.com/2006/textmate-homage/#comment-2156 Geoff Sat, 23 Dec 2006 06:29:32 +0000 http://macromates.com/blog/archives/2006/11/21/textmate-homage/#comment-2156 <p>I've tried just about every windows editor out there. Notepad++ and PSPad are probably my favorites. I've just downloaded e, and with a but of tweaking (had to install gems into cygwin) I've got it working.</p> <p>It's nice, and looks like there's a lot of potential. There are some pretty unique features (apart from bundles): graphical multi-level, branched undo history and built-in revision control.</p> <p>I do think it's a bit odd he's charging for an unstable beta version. Seems to me he should keep it free during the beta period (or let you pre-order Version 1 if you choose). You shouldn't have to pay $30 for software that doesn't work yet.</p> <p>I do hope he succeeds. I can't afford to replace all my machines with Macs quite yet!</p> I've tried just about every windows editor out there. Notepad++ and PSPad are probably my favorites. I've just downloaded e, and with a but of tweaking (had to install gems into cygwin) I've got it working.

It's nice, and looks like there's a lot of potential. There are some pretty unique features (apart from bundles): graphical multi-level, branched undo history and built-in revision control.

I do think it's a bit odd he's charging for an unstable beta version. Seems to me he should keep it free during the beta period (or let you pre-order Version 1 if you choose). You shouldn't have to pay $30 for software that doesn't work yet.

I do hope he succeeds. I can't afford to replace all my machines with Macs quite yet!

]]> By: Rosey http://blog.macromates.com/2006/textmate-homage/#comment-2150 Rosey Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:46:35 +0000 http://macromates.com/blog/archives/2006/11/21/textmate-homage/#comment-2150 <p>I'd love to have a Textmate version for windows. Until then - an alternative I am pretty happy with is EditPad Pro - (www.editpadpro). I prefer it to any of the other poor windows substitutes mentioned.</p> I'd love to have a Textmate version for windows. Until then – an alternative I am pretty happy with is EditPad Pro – (www.editpadpro). I prefer it to any of the other poor windows substitutes mentioned.

]]> By: Allan Odgaard http://blog.macromates.com/2006/textmate-homage/#comment-2072 Allan Odgaard Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:11:09 +0000 http://macromates.com/blog/archives/2006/11/21/textmate-homage/#comment-2072 <p>I don’t think the third one has a public face yet.</p> I don’t think the third one has a public face yet.

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