Simple to use text editor for writers and programmers
TextMate attempts to bring Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors. By bridging UNIX underpinnings and GUI, TextMate cherry-picks the best of both worlds to the benefit of expert scripters and novice users alike.
With a wealth of exclusive features like tabs, foldings, and macros, TextMate is well ahead of other native, graphical editors on OS X and you don't have to sell your bones to afford it.
Whether you're a programmer or a designer, the production of code and markup is hard work. Without an editor dedicated to the task, it's also often cumbersome, overwhelming, and repetitive. Especially when you're dealing with a lot of files at once, like most projects do.
TextMate puts you back in control, reduces the mental overhead, and turns manual work into something the computer does.
Main features of TextMate:
Ability to Search and Replace in a Project.
Auto-Indent for Common Actions Like Pasting Text.
Auto-Pairing of Brackets and Other Characters.
Clipboard History.
Column Selections and Column Typing.
Completion of Words from Current Document.
CSS-like Selectors to Pinpoint the Scope of Actions and Settings.
Declarative Language Grammars for Graceful Mixing and Hacking.
Dynamic Outline for Working With Multiple Files.
Expand Trigger Words to Code Blocks With Tab-able Placeholders.
File Tabs when Working With Projects.
Foldable Code Blocks.
Function Pop-up for Quick Overview and Navigation.
Plug-able Through Your Favorite Scripting Language.
Recordable Macros With No Programming Required.
Regular Expression Search and Replace (grep).
Run Shell Commands from Within a Document.
Support for Darcs, Perforce, SVK, and Subversion.
Support for More Than 50 Languages.
Switch Between Files in Projects With a Minimum of Key Strokes.
Themable Syntax Highlight Colors.
Visual Bookmarks to Jump Between Places in a File.
Works As External Editor for (s)ftp Programs.
Works Together With Xcode and Can Build Xcode Projects.
Limitations of TextMate:
30 days trial period.
What's New in This Release:
[FIXED] The default template (from New Template / New Template File) now use TM_FULLNAME instead of setting up TM_USERNAME and using that.
[FIXED] Menu items in the gear menu use the proper menu size on Leopard.
[NEW] On Leopard TextMate asks the system to let the Find window “move to active space”. Unfortunately, after having moved TM to a new space, the window will quite consistently open in a non-active space (without switching to that space). When this happens, press cmd-F again, and the window will then move to the active space.
[FIXED] Initiating a drag, causing the text to be unselected (w/o releasing the mouse) and then holding down option (switching to column mode) would lead to a crash when TM tried to create the drag image.
[FIXED] Python bundle: Python New Method/Function now outputs a helpful message when used improperly, instead of barfing a traceback into the document.
[NEW] JavaScript bundle: Add a Javascript beautifier script, with a shortcut of ⌃Q.
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