What are some useful TextMate shortcuts? [closed]

Answer 1

Toggle between {} and do end blocks. Place your cursor on the block arugument (i.e. the word after the keyword do between the two pipes) and press Shift + Control + {

For example, converts:

@post.each do |post|
  puts post.name
end

to:

@post.each { |post| puts post.name }

Answer 2

• ctrl+shift+K deletes current line
• ctrl+shift+J merges current line with the next line

Answer 3

Switch between tabs:

• Left: SHIFT + COMMAND + [
• Right: SHIFT + COMMAND + ]

Answer 4

You can get a really great desktop background here. It has a ton of really useful keyboard shortcuts. I used it for a couple of days before memorizing the most useful ones.

Answer 5

Personally two of my favourite shortcuts are:

• ⌃⇧L (that's ctrl+shift+L): Which wraps the currently selected text with a link to whatever's in the clipboard, and works for every text language I've tried it in.
• ⌃⇧⌘L (that's ctrl+shift+cmd+L): Which googles for the selected text and links to the top result.

The are both super useful for writing text and blogging, (and stackoverflow).

Codewise, I think that I prefer snippets to key shortcuts. Being able to type if⇥ etc., in almost any language is ridiculously useful, and the consistent interface is what keeps me using TextMate.

I also found this quite amusing. But I prefer to learn my shortcuts in small steps, and often find that just looking in the gear menu (⌃⎋) works.

Answer 6

Wrap selected text in markup tags: SHIFT + CONTROL + W

For example, if you have:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur

Highlight the text and press SHIFT + CONTROL + W to create:

<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur</p>