TextMate

Introduction

This page is dedicated to information, tips, and tricks related to TextMate on the MacOS.

Tips and Tricks

• TextMate shortcuts you should be using.
• Trimming Trailing Spaces With Text Mate
• Hashes
• Blocks
• Don’t Leave the Editor
• RDoc
• Counting Iterators
• Declarations
• Declarations Continued
• Ruby on Rails File Navigation
• Showing hidden files in the project viewer
• Additional Bundles and Commands

PlugIns

• ProjectPlus - Extends the functionality of project-related feature. Following the link to learn more.

Bundles

• Go To File - Enriches the default go to file TextMate functionality so that helps you narrow down what you are looking for faster.
• AckMate - Uses the Ack library to provide much faster searching over the default grep capabilities.
• GetBundles - Adds a convenient GUI interface for acquiring additional bundles. Follow the instructions below to install:
  1. mkdir -p ~/Library/Application Support/TextMate/Bundles
  2. cd !$
  3. svn co http://svn.textmate.org/trunk/Review/Bundles/GetBundles.tmbundle/
  4. osascript -e ‘tell app “TextMate” to reload bundles’
• Ruby Debug - Adds debugging capabilities within TextMate.
• RubyAMP - Another bundle that adds debug support.
• Rfactor - Adds Ruby refactoring support to TextMate. Learn more here.
• jQuery - Adds jQuery JavaScript support.
• Rails Routes - Quickly navigate your named routes.
• Intellisense - Adds partial intellisense support for your Ruby code.
• 10 bundles/plugins to boost your Ruby on Rails development productivity