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Comment on Why 2.0 is not Developed in the Open by Allan Odgaard

Allan Odgaard — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:53:43 +0000

alex: Trolling indeed — as mentioned in my previous comment I should just disable commenting altogether (now done).

Comment on Why 2.0 is not Developed in the Open by UserNotFound

UserNotFound — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:44:21 +0000

Ok, I’ll be honest.. I totally screwed it.

Yes, you did indeed. 2 years is way too long. Just opensource the project.

Comment on Why 2.0 is not Developed in the Open by alex

alex — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:15:43 +0000

Ok, I’ll be honest.. I totally screwed it.

Irony? Depression? Empty phrase? Trolling?

you didn't screw TM1 and I sure hope you wont screw with TM2 :p

Comment on Why 2.0 is not Developed in the Open by AIIan Odgaard

AIIan Odgaard — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:50:59 +0000

Ok, I'll be honest.. I totally screwed it.

Comment on Introduction to scopes by Ondrej Valka

Ondrej Valka — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:22:23 +0000

Hint: If you have a newer version of TextMate, there is a bundle named Bundle development with this shortcut included: press ⌃⇧P to see a tooltip showing the exact scope of the caret.

Comment on Default App for Typeless Files by Devon

Devon — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:33:45 +0000

+1 for the silent majority that loves TextMate 1 and does not feel entitled to anything more. TM2 is your project and we wish you all the best in your endeavors.

Comment on Default App for Typeless Files by Troy

Troy — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:08:42 +0000

Allan, there's always a jerk that thinks they have the right to abuse you just because they're a customer. You're not building TextMate 2 for them, you're building it for the rest of us.

Blog about whatever you want, TextMate-related or not. Most of us can make decisions on whether or not we need to read it. To those who can't figure that out for themselves aren't very smart so they probably don't make enough money to buy TextMate 2 anyway.

TextMate 1 is perfectly fine for me, and I suspect for 99% of the others who use it every day. I'll buy 2.0 when/if it ships, but 1.5.8 isn't keeping me from being productive. Take your time and deliver something you're proud of.

Peter "coderiot.com" Tikhomirov is late with his site that he promised would be launched in January 2010 and I bet Gaël Deest has missed a deadline or three (hundred) in his lifetime. Maybe they're both waiting for TM2 to solve all their problems? I would be willing to bet that neither of them has even attempted something as difficult as building a great programmer's editor.

Comment on Default App for Typeless Files by Allan Odgaard

Allan Odgaard — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:34:56 +0000

Yan: I am really sorry that you feel I let you guys down “again and again” — I really tried to be clear (early on) that TM 2 was my Duke Nukem Forever, and people should not expect a release anytime soon.

The problem apparently is that if I say nothing, people build up expectations about it “being around the corner” (as I have seen stated countless times, even though I always stress the opposite, our “License Policy” even makes it sound like 2.0 may never happen) or they get annoyed because I don’t communicate, yet as long as there is no release, the little communication I do is quickly seen as “excuses” (quoting Gaël).

And now we have reached a point where I can’t post anything without users immediately going down the “TM 2” route… probably time to just disable comments altogether until 2.0 has been released. What a shame that it has come to this, but all this negative 2.0 talk is a serious strain on my mental resources :(

Comment on Default App for Typeless Files by Yan

Yan — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:23:45 +0000

Allan lets us down again and again during the past three years. But this doesn't mean we shall not be more gentle. After all we are all using TextMate 1 now, which without Allan it cannot happen at all.

However, I hate to wait so long for TextMate 2 as much as most people here do.

Comment on Default App for Typeless Files by Björn

Björn — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:17:43 +0000

I found the blogpost really useful and very related to my work with Textmate.

I wonder. If TM2 never releases, why would Alan stop this blog? I tend to appreciate the blogposts that don't are about TM2 more. And I also get more of the feeling that Alan has his focus on making Textmate better from this posts, than when he have to console some of his customers.