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Asked: 2026-05-11T21:07:04+00:00

Almost every developer that uses a Mac practically worships TextMate. Why? What extraordinary features

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Almost every developer that uses a Mac practically worships TextMate. Why? What extraordinary features does it have that other text editors and IDEs don’t? I did a quick search and the only really useful feature that I found that most other editors lack is the column selection option, but I wouldn’t use a certain editor just for that. What makes TextMate so amazing?

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    TextMate was the first app I bought when I switched to the Mac a few years ago.
    The features I like most are:

    • bundle support
    • clean UI
    • project support
    • shell integration
    • fast for small files (fast startup time)
    • HTMLTidy built in
    • CSS and XHTML validation integrated (needs online connection)

    but it also has some drawbacks:

    • slow for big files
    • lack of updates (for some time now, but TextMate 2.0 seems to be alive)
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