What are some useful TextMate shortcuts? [closed]

Answer 1

Downcase selected text: CONTROL + SHIFT + U

Will turn:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit.

Into:

lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit.

Answer 2

Look word up in dictionary, in any Cocoa app (not just Textmate): ctrl + cmd + D

Answer 3

Esc auto completes common words in the document you are working in.

For example if you are using a function alot called LongFuntionNameThatChecksStuff, you can type Lon and pressEsc and it should auto complete.

Answer 4

Generate Lorem ipsum: lorem + TAB

Will generate:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Answer 5

I just found a list of shortcut key symbols w/ definitions under Bundles > HTML > Entities - helpful for me in figuring out the whole short-cut bonanza going on with TextMate.

Answer 6

Selecting text using alt (via click and drag)

then use ⌘ + ] to indent (or [ to dedent)