TextMate
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What do the Behavior Menu options mean?

Can you give me some tips on shell scripts for Commands?

Folding doesn’t work for me. Is that a bug?

Q: I installed TM 1.0 and it just didn’t cut the mustard for me. But OK, I’m willing to try 1.0.2 just to give TM a second chance. But alas, I cannot install 1.0.2 because my demo period for 1.0 has expired. What to do?
A: Version 1.1 will have a new trial period. You can always read the release notes for the latest version. If you really think that enough was changed to make it a potential buy, write support at macromates to learn how to get a new trial period before version 1.1.

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What do the Behavior Menu options mean?

• Freehanded edit: Allow caret to be moved past end-of-line
• Overwrite mode: Overwrite instead of insert typed characters
• Tab emulation: Use spaces instead of tabs (and treat multiple spaces as a tab)
• Smart typing: Insert ), }, ”, etc. when typing (, {, ”, etc.
• Indented paste: Will re-indent pasted text to match current context
• Tab expands snippets: Controls if a snippet can be inserted by typing its trigger and pressing tab.

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Folding doesn’t work for me. Is that a bug?

TM’s folding is currently based on indenting. Folding works correctly for this:

<style>
    body {
        color: "black";
    }
    h1 { 
        color: "green"; 
    }
</style>

But not for this:

<style>
body {
    color: "black";
}
h1 { 
    color: "green"; 
}
</style>