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TextMate

TextMate - 1.5.7

versatile text editor

All Time: (4.7)
This Version: Not rated (0.0)
Current Version: 1.5.7
Release Date: 2007-10-26
License: Shareware
Downloads (this version): 6,572
Downloads (all versions): 36,350
Price: EUR 39

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Product Description:

TextMate is a versatile plain text editor with a unique and innovative feature set which caused it to win an Apple Design Award for Best Mac OS X Developer Tool in August 2006.


A rapidly growing community have created bundles for more than a hundred different “modes” including support for all major programming languages, writing prose in structured formats such as LaTeX, Markdown, Textile, etc., blogging, running SQL queries, writing screen plays, doing your budget, and much much more.


Some of the features include:

  • collapsable text blocks - fold away the code you don’t want to see
  • recordable macros - you don’t have to write a script to automate tedious work
  • a CSS-inspired selector system which allows preferences and more to be applied to subsets of your document - you want return to do something different inside comments? or maybe you want spell checking enabled for your strings in C++, both can be done in seconds.
  • snippets with tab-able placeholders and live transformations on the text you enter
  • column operations - if you align your code nicely TextMate will reward you with eased editing!
  • superb shell integration - don’t worry if you are not familiar with bash, TextMate is here to teach you about all the wonders of the OS X UNIX underpinnings!

There is a gallery of screencasts showcasing more features at http://macromates.com/screencasts

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.4.2 or later

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TextMate ReviewDoes not support essential encodings - Version: 1.5.7, 4/19/2008 03:23PM PST

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yuricle
TextMate supports only ISO-8859-1 encodings besides UTF, so it's unusable in most countries.
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TextMate ReviewThis app has serious geek mojo. - Version: 1.5.6, 7/9/2007 04:53PM PST

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arcturus1
The Unix-based concepts behind TextMate would seem to put it at the leading edge of text editing, where all manner of text manipulations occur with the magic of a few keystrokes (we don't need no stinkin' mouse). Lots of keystroke combinations to remember, but the time savings for those who use these shortcut assistants should be significant on a daily basis. Yet it's a big-picture coding/programming app that remains flexible and doesn't get bogged down by specialization. For those who appreciate this type of mindset, it's fabulous.

OTOH, it isn't as mature as BBEdit, which is expected, given the 7-version difference. BBEdit can validate html code site-wide, while TextEdit can validate only one file at a time (I'm still reading the manual to double-check this). BBEdit then can whisk you from the error list to the text in question, while in TextMate, you have to note the error line number in the validation window and then locate it in the file. That's a huge time saver in BBEdit on a web site consisting of a hundred text files or more. Also, BBEdit works well with DreamWeaver, for those of us who admit to using it, as I do, when push comes to shove.

But it's clear that TextMate has the structural underpinnings and focussed development to potentially leave everything else in the dust within a few versions. For those who jump on now, I think it's a wise investment.
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TextMate ReviewBest text editor on any platform - Version: 1.5.6, 7/8/2007 02:57AM PST

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capmilk
TextMate is by far the best text editor on any platform - every time I need to use something else I am reminded of the many ways TextMate helps me do my work.
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