Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote: > Robert Walker wrote: > [...] >> As for the comment earlier about "blowing" your money on TextMate, I am >> in complete disagreement. That's the best €39 I think I've ever spent on >> software. > > Um, I meant "blow" in the sense of "spend irreversibly", not in the > sense of "waste". I know that TextMate is, by all reports, an excellent > program. However, I also know that a lot of Rails developers seem to > have tunnel vision when it comes to editors, so I just wanted to point > out a couple of free alternatives that the OP could evaluate. Sorry if > my choice of words was misleading.
Yea, maybe my comment sounded a bit more harsh than intended. I just wanted to point out that there are sometimes compelling reasons to spend money on good software when it can make you more efficient. That is as opposed to using free software that just gets the job done. > Then I guess I should ask: in your opinion, what makes TextMate worth > the money? In a word, "bundles." And, the longer form: TextMate gives me exactly what I want in a text editor, which is a feature set designed to help enter code. I'm not talking about assistance entering method names (as in code completion). I really care very little about that. I'm talking about getting help entering code without getting in my way all time with popup menus suggesting things it "thinks" I might want to enter (and getting it wrong about half the time). Or, getting me stuck with a "beach ball" while it goes off trying to figure out what I might want to enter next, as is the case with the Java based IDE that I'm stuck with in my day job as a Java programmer. All I can say is, download the 30 day trial of TextMate. Read the docs and really get to know the editor. Chances are, if you're like most of use who have tried it, you'll happily whip out that credit card to buy your very own copy of this wonderful editor. I know, I sound like a TextMate salesman, but really I'm just a happy customer. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
