[ANN] TextMate 1.0.1
[ANN] TextMate 1.0.1
- Subject: [ANN] TextMate 1.0.1
- From: Allan Odgaard <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 03:13:55 +0200
Dear list,
Not sure how many have noticed my absence lately, though even if you
hadn't, I'm gonna tell you the reason! ;)
I've been quite busy putting together a text editor for OS X. I
actually released the first version two weeks ago, but have held off
the real announcement till I got the 1.0.1 update done, which fixes
most of the reported problems.
Already it has gathered quite a user base, though it certainly also
gathered a lot of TextMate-haters (so it's not a fit for all, just to
prepare you! ;) ) -- if you want to check it out (and you haven't
already) head over to:
http://macromates.com/
There you'll find mention of features and a download link. The program
is $39 until the first of november, (after that it's $49) since I'm
actually trying to make a living out of it (but there's a months free
trial)! :) All v1.x updates will be free, and I expect _a lot_ to
happen over the next months/years.
I realize that a text editor is a very personal thing, so after you've
tried it, your first instinct is probably to send me a long list of all
the things you'd like to have added/changed, but please consider
addressing the mailing list instead, or if it's general editor
features, wait a few versions to see if it won't be added -- I've
already received close to 500 emails, and it takes a lot of my time to
alone read them all (and I'm still in a mood where I try to give
everyone a personal reply).
I should probably mention that the “goal” of this text editor is a) to
be very customizable in an easy way (e.g. it allows recording of macros
which can be used to give it new functionality in seconds, and it has
strong shell integration, which leads to a lot of possibilities) and b)
to allow a lot of different “editing modes” (for example move column
selections around, overwrite mode, edit past EOL, etc.) to make it very
easy to work with (structured) text in many different ways, to cut down
on the “trivial” stuff (it also has snippets for this, which to my big
surprise is probably one of the most appreciated features, personally
I'd thought it were the macros).
But enough said, go check it out for yourself!
Thanks for the time, Allan
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