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Final Notes on TextMate CocoaHeads Talk

Just to sum up and get one last call out, here are the details about tonight's CocoaHeads meeting, where I'll be talking about using TextMate for Cocoa development.

Check out the fancy graphics!

I have two goals:

1. Give people a hands-on feel for how TextMate can make writing and editing code easier and more fun. It's hard to get this from abstract descriptions.

2. Kickstart the local chapter of CocoaHeads that Stephen Zyszkiewicz runs here. Silicon Valley clearly needs a self-sustaining Cocoa user group. What better place for it than Apple?

The meeting will be in Apple Building 1 in the Hong Kong conference room at 7:30pm. You don't need an invitation, just show up. Come a few minutes early so we don't have to leave some poor Apple employee at the door to let people in.

Bring your laptops to follow along. Also, bring whatever project you're working on if you have questions or just want to show it off. A ferocious gang of Mac OS X developers is at your disposal.

Apple folks, you have no excuse not to come. It's just downstairs or across the quad.

Did I mention there will be fabulous prizes? I'm going to be giving away two free copies of TextMate.

Final Notes on TextMate CocoaHeads Talk
Posted Nov 9, 2006 — 8 comments below

ndimiduk — Nov 09, 06 2371

Any chance of you screen-casting your presentation, or at the very least posting your slides, for those of us unable to attend? People NOT living in or around Cupertino are People too!!

Scott Stevenson — Nov 09, 06 2372

Any chance of you screen-casting your presentation, or at the very least posting your slides, for those of us unable to attend?

I'm not sure if I'll have time to organize a screencast, but the slides will definitely be posted.

People NOT living in or around Cupertino are People too!!

What's outside of Pleasantville?

Justin Williams — Nov 09, 06 2373

Are you going to demo the single-character undo support? It tends to start a text editor holy war. :-P Good luck on the presentation. Wish I could be there.

Blain — Nov 09, 06 2374

Stupid questions:
What about parking? Can we park on the Apple campus, and is it only the visitors area?

How long is the meeting for? I figure it's a 'leave whenever' affair, but typically, what's the usual time that the group disperses?

I have to warn you, it's unlikely I'll convert to textmate. The single-character undo, inability to set different typefaces for markup, and a visual glitch all conspire me to keep to xCode.

Scott Stevenson — Nov 09, 06 2375

What about parking? Can we park on the Apple campus, and is it only the visitors area?

Just park in the main lot in front of building 1. I don't think you'd be able to get anywhere you're not supposed to go.

How long is the meeting for?

Usually 1.2 to 2.0 hours.

The single-character undo, inability to set different typefaces for markup

I'm pretty sure what I'll show you will easily trump the single character undo issue, but we'll see what happens.

a visual glitch all conspire me to keep to xCode

You'll have to show me what you mean by this.

Michal — Nov 10, 06 2378

I started using TextMate for Cocoa a month ago. I still use XCode for managing project - adding files, changing settings, targets and so on, and I also still have to use XCode for Build&Run, which I've heard is possible to use from within TM (apple-r). Unfortunatelly I get error when building in TM, something in lines as if the target is not found.

As I can't make it to your talk, could you please post a small article about your experience with TM-XCode integration?

Joel — Nov 10, 06 2384

Great presentation Scott! I've been trying to get in touch with you by email about Cocoa mentoring. It's just what I need at my phase on the learning curve!

Scott Stevenson — Nov 11, 06 2390

which I've heard is possible to use from within TM (apple-r). Unfortunatelly I get error when building in TM, something in lines as if the target is not found

Not sure why that would be. Maybe post the error message to the mailing list?

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