TextMate
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CommentsWhat is TextMate?
TextMate brings 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.
TextMate is a tool in the Code Collaboration category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Ability to Search and Replace in a ProjectAuto-Indent for Common Actions Like Pasting TextAuto-Pairing of Brackets and Other CharactersClipboard HistoryColumn Selections and Column TypingCompletion of Words from Current DocumentCSS-like Selectors to Pinpoint the Scope of Actions and SettingsDeclarative Language Grammars for Graceful Mixing and HackingDynamic Outline for Working With Multiple FilesExpand Trigger Words to Code Blocks With Tab-able PlaceholdersFile Tabs when Working With ProjectsFoldable Code BlocksFunction Pop-up for Quick Overview and NavigationPlug-able Through Your Favorite Scripting LanguageRecordable Macros With No Programming RequiredRegular Expression Search and Replace (grep)Run Shell Commands from Within a DocumentSupport for Darcs, Perforce, SVK, and SubversionSupport for More Than 50 LanguagesSwitch Between Files in Projects With a Minimum of Key StrokesThemable Syntax Highlight ColorsVisual Bookmarks to Jump Between Places in a FileWorks As External Editor for (s)ftp ProgramsWorks Together With Xcode and Can Build Xcode Projects
TextMate Pros & Cons
Pros of TextMate
- ✓Syntax highlighting
- ✓Javascript
- ✓PHP Developer
- ✓jQuery developer
- ✓Native UI
- ✓Ruby
- ✓Bundles
- ✓Clean ui
- ✓Commands
- ✓Keyboard shortcuts
Cons of TextMate
No cons listed yet.
TextMate Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to TextMate?
Visual Studio Code
Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.
Sublime Text
Sublime Text is available for OS X, Windows and Linux. One license is all you need to use Sublime Text on every computer you own, no matter what operating system it uses. Sublime Text uses a custom UI toolkit, optimized for speed and beauty, while taking advantage of native functionality on each platform.
Vim
Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems. Vim is distributed free as charityware.
