textmate2

[Phil Dobbin]

Clemens Lang wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:05:55AM +0100, Phil Dobbin wrote:
>> I was just running `selfupdate` when I noticed textmate2 had been
>> ported. I still use textmate 1.5 occasionally & having tried the
>> binary of textmate2 from macromates when it was first Alpha & not
>> feeling it was ready for prime time (which, being Alpha, is to be
>> expected), have kind of forgot about it.
> 
> TBH, I'm not sure it's much better at the moment. Development has picked
> up quite a bit in the last few days, but there's still quite a few bugs.
> 
>> I'd like to give textmate2 a run out but when running macromates'
>> version, it meant moving textmate1's support folders (Application
>> Support, Preferences, etc) in order not to overwrite them.
>>
>> Is there any way to use MacPort's textmate2 without going down this
>> road?
> 
> The current state of TextMate 2 in MacPorts is pretty much vanilla
> upstream; there's no patching going on, so I'm afraid you'll still have
> to do that, if you want to make sure your TextMate 1.5 support folder
> isn't changed.
> 

Thanks for that. I think I'll leave it a little while longer. It's only
curiosity that's prompting me.

Cheers,

  Phil...

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