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On 7/20/07, alex_land <doug.ybarbo / gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Greetings:
>
>
> I am new to Ruby (from C++) so these are quite basic questions i'm
> afraid.
>
> My questions are also more about Editor mechanics rather than Ruby per
> se-if anyone can suggest a better forum, my apologies, just let me
> know and i'll re-post.
>
> I have spent the few weeks with Ruby using irb from the Terminal and
> Text Edit, while i got a better sense from the Ruby Community
> regarding the editors of choice. So yesterday i bought a license to
> TextMate, which by the way, might just be the most beautiful (and t/4
> useful) App i have ever seen, let alone owned and used.
>
> My question relates to "commands" (i believe this term has two
> meanings in TM-i'm using it to refer to one of the three automation
> means).  "Scope"?
>
> 1.  Can I specify different lexical scopes for different
> "languages" (that might not be the TM lingo-i mean "Ruby," "HTML,"
> "Text," etc.)?
>
> 2.  If i leave this field empty, is my default, "unlimited scope?"
>
> 3. When i go to the Bundle Editor, i get a drop down of like 20 or so
> languages-3-5 of these i'll use regularly, another 3-4 ocasionally,
> and the rest, unlikely. I see i can "filter" which i've done before in
> other editors, so i know from painful experience that when i've had to
> re-add one or more of these, and i do an update, all default bundle
> items write over my customizations.  T/4, i would like to put my 3-5
> "everyday set" in a different folder to prevent this.  Is there a
> better solution w/ TM?


I don't use TextMate myself, however James Edward Gray II who is a prolific
and helpful contributor to this list has written a book (which I haven't
read) all about TextMate. It might be worth checking out.

http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/textmate/index.html

Thanks,
>
> -alex
>
>
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