From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs vs. TextMate (not trying to start an editor war) Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:46:09 +1000 Organization: Rapt Technologies Message-ID: <87abgprpta.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> References: <47107.6355003335$1215674200@news.gmane.org> <87fxqh34jk.fsf@edna.homeunix.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1215755023 7543 80.91.229.12 (11 Jul 2008 05:43:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:43:43 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 11 07:44:30 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KHBQd-00080i-TM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:44:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38557 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KHBPm-0004P9-8w for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:43:30 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.posted.internode!news.posted.internode.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:46:10 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:pZbYJMsgSGjNmpKSQZLn3Gi2C8Y= Original-Lines: 38 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 121.44.27.9 Original-X-Trace: sv3-MFQl1efvyCaev4m0MpUcvJa22tx3woJdiKpyTrNJf7d+lgNx71U2Lxb/BEFAYpo2aRhEJvmomgW64Of!ca5qbLdHwqjOEcKVrzjD1wN31ErEElk/XD/lIcrenQJBl9Uu3oAeKe6/b3DDSxQ4Gnvz4gI= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.39 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:160071 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:55417 Archived-At: Cezar Halmagean writes: > On 2008-07-10 12:47:11 -0700, adamsonj@email.unc.edu (Joel J. Adamson) said: > >> Cezar Halmagean writes: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I have been using emacs for the past 5 years or so and I've recently >>> stumbled upon TextMate. I love the way TextMate handles *web modes* >>> like integration of html + javascript + css in the same file and >>> I've always had a problem doing that in emacs. >>> >>> I wonder what's the problem, why has an editor like TextMate gone so >>> far in just a few years and Emacs is still not there yet. >> >> Still not where? Still not the best text editor, no wait, the best >> piece of software ever created? >> >> Oh wait, nevermind... >> >> You probably just haven't tried the right add-ons yet, or written them >> yourself ;) You have the freedom to do both. >> Joel > > Dude, are you high or sumthin ? I know what Emacs is and that you can write > your own OS from scratch if you want. You seem to be missing the point > though. > The most likely reason textmate has what you want and emacs apparently doesn't is that nobody in the emacs community has stepped up to write what you want. Maybe the textmate community has more people willing to step up and add what they see as missing while the emacs community has members who would rather sit around philosophising. -- tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au