Warren Henning wrote:
So Rails/Ruby people apparently love TextMate.
Because it has dozens of almost unobtrusive keyboard shortcuts that bang in
just the right balance of delimiters as you type. For example, if you type a
tick ', you get two ticks with your text caret between them '|'.
If you don't want that, you are screwed, so you had better memorize all
these shortcuts, use them, and predict when they will screw up.
Apparently TextMate has functionality for integrating with the command
line, akin to Emacs' shell mode (which I have become incredibly
dependent on). Yet in the screencasts I've seen of TM users -- e.g.,
TurboGears, Rails, etc. -- they have a Mac OS X terminal open and
switch between TM and their shell. Why?
Because one of the best user interfaces for programming is a command line.
You can edit old lines and upgrade them as you go. The equivalent for a
mouse would be a monstrosity.
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