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| From: | Jonathan Bryant <jtbryant@v...> |
| Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] OSX GUI |
On Jun 6, 2007, at 4:32 PM, Joel Reymont wrote: > Jon, > >> MacBook + TextMate. I personally love it :D > > Do you prefer TextMate's OCaml mode to that of Emacs? It's OCaml mode usually works fine, but there are a few places it messes up: the "with" record syntax is the most notable. Mainly, I like (a) the drawer with the file tree, (b) tabbed editing, (c) code folding, (d) Cmd-whatever and menus instead of Ctrl-X Ctrl-S, Meta- this, Alt-that, etc. I was always a VIM guy instead of emacs, so I never got the hang of emacs control sequences. Downsides are that (a) not programmable, and (b) you have to keep a terminal open to build, etc. You have to admit, when you buy a Mac, you're (at least partly) paying for aesthetics. TextMate takes advantage of those. Now if I could just find a terminal that did the same... --Jonathan > > Thanks, Joel > > -- > http://topdog.cc - EasyLanguage to C# translator > http://wagerlabs.com - Blog > > > >