I don't have a license so I don't saw the alpha but it's seems frustrating that in 5 years of "development" so little was added. But, OTOH, it's not the final version.
Re:TextMate 2
by dextorious on Monday December 12, 2011 @05:35PM
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"""But, OTOH, it's not the final version."""
That doesn't change much.
Either it will be released soon, so not much will be added in the final version,
or
we wait for more stuff to be added before it's released in another 2-5 years, making it totally pointless as of now.
(And given that it's not like the previous 5 years were well spent, we already know how this will go...)
Except that if the guts are there to add features quickly, it could have been time well spent. We just don't know yet, but progress over the next month should be indicative (see progress on ST2 as an example of a seemingly healthy codebase in this regard)
What sorts of things does it improve?
Release Notes: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/891742/Screenshots/tm2_release_notes...
Major changes include the new project drawer (though, I prefer ProjectPlus[1]), and the new bundle/theme updater[2], where you just tick the box and it auto-installs.
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[1] http://ciaranwal.sh/2008/08/05/textmate-plug-in-projectplus
Has anyone worked out where new bundles created within TM2 get saved to though? It's not obvious to me...
That said, it's obviously an alpha release, so who knows what the future will hold.