<s>
TextMate	B-Application
is	O
a	O
general-purpose	O
GUI	B-Application
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
for	O
macOS	B-Application
created	O
by	O
Allan	O
Odgaard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TextMate	B-Application
features	O
declarative	B-Language
customizations	O
,	O
tabs	O
for	O
open	O
documents	O
,	O
recordable	O
macros	O
,	O
folding	O
sections	O
,	O
snippets	B-Application
,	O
shell	O
integration	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
extensible	O
bundle	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TextMate	B-Application
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
5	O
October	O
2004	O
,	O
after	O
5	O
months	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
version	O
1.0.1	O
on	O
21	O
October	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
focused	O
on	O
implementing	O
a	O
small	O
feature	O
set	O
well	O
,	O
and	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
preference	O
window	O
or	O
a	O
toolbar	O
,	O
did	O
n't	O
integrate	O
FTP	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
had	O
no	O
options	O
for	O
printing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
so	O
,	O
some	O
developers	O
found	O
this	O
early	O
and	O
incomplete	O
version	O
of	O
TextMate	B-Application
a	O
welcome	O
change	O
to	O
a	O
market	O
that	O
was	O
considered	O
stagnated	O
by	O
the	O
decade-long	O
dominance	O
of	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
TextMate	B-Application
1.0.2	O
came	O
out	O
on	O
10	O
December	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
series	O
of	O
TextMate	B-Application
1.1	O
betas	O
,	O
TextMate	B-Application
gained	O
features	O
:	O
a	O
preferences	O
window	O
with	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
for	O
creating	O
and	O
editing	O
themes	O
;	O
a	O
status	O
bar	O
with	O
a	O
symbol	O
list	O
;	O
menus	O
for	O
choosing	O
language	O
and	O
tab	O
settings	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
“	O
bundle	O
editor	O
”	O
for	O
editing	O
language-specific	O
customizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
6	O
January	O
2006	O
,	O
Odgaard	O
released	O
TextMate	B-Application
1.5	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
“	O
stable	O
release	O
”	O
since	O
1.0.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TextMate	B-Application
continued	O
to	O
develop	O
through	O
mid-2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
8	O
August	O
2006	O
,	O
TextMate	B-Application
was	O
awarded	O
the	O
Apple	O
Design	O
Award	O
for	O
Best	O
Developer	O
Tool	O
,	O
at	O
Apple	O
's	O
Worldwide	O
Developers	O
Conference	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
to	O
“	O
raucous	O
applause.	O
”	O
In	O
February	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
TextMate	B-Application
blog	O
expressed	O
intentions	O
for	O
future	O
directions	O
,	O
including	O
improved	O
project	O
management	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
plug-in	O
system	O
to	O
support	O
remote	O
file	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
FTP	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
revision	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
such	O
as	O
Subversion	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2009	O
,	O
TextMate	B-Application
2	O
was	O
announced	O
as	O
being	O
about	O
90	O
percent	O
complete	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
final-feature	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
public	O
alpha	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
on	O
the	O
TextMate	B-Application
blog	O
in	O
December	O
2011	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
release	O
candidate	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2012	O
,	O
TextMate	B-Application
2	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
published	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
GPL-3.0-or-later	B-License
,	O
an	O
attempt	O
by	O
the	O
developer	O
to	O
counteract	O
restrictions	O
Apple	O
placed	O
on	O
software	O
distributed	O
through	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Odgaard	O
stated	O
he	O
prefers	O
receiving	O
patches	O
as	O
public	O
domain	O
as	O
this	O
preserves	O
his	O
ability	O
to	O
release	O
a	O
future	O
version	O
under	O
a	O
more	O
permissive	O
license	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
version	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Odgaard	O
also	O
stated	O
he	O
has	O
a	O
friend	O
who	O
uses	O
some	O
of	O
TextMate	B-Application
's	O
frameworks	O
in	O
a	O
closed-source	B-Application
project	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
could	O
not	O
incorporate	O
patches	O
released	O
under	O
GPL	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
TextMate	B-Application
language	O
grammars	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
arbitrarily	O
complex	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
modes	O
by	O
assigning	O
each	O
document	O
keyword	O
a	O
unique	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	O
ASCII	O
property	B-Application
list	I-Application
format	O
to	O
define	O
language	O
grammars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
grammars	O
allow	O
nesting	O
rules	O
to	O
be	O
defined	O
using	O
the	O
Oniguruma	B-Algorithm
regular	B-Language
expression	I-Language
library	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
assigned	O
specific	O
“	O
scopes	O
”	O
:	O
compound	O
labels	O
which	O
identify	O
them	O
for	O
coloration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
point	O
of	O
a	O
document	O
is	O
assigned	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
scopes	O
,	O
which	O
define	O
where	O
in	O
the	O
document	O
the	O
point	O
is	O
,	O
how	O
it	O
should	O
be	O
colored	O
,	O
and	O
what	O
the	O
behavior	O
of	O
TextMate	B-Application
should	O
be	O
at	O
that	O
point	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TextMate	B-Application
themes	O
can	O
mark	O
up	O
any	O
scope	O
,	O
at	O
varying	O
levels	O
of	O
precision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TextMate	B-Application
documentation	O
provides	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
naming	O
commonly	O
used	O
across	O
different	O
programming	O
languages	O
for	O
interoperability	O
between	O
bundles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TextMate	B-Application
supports	O
user-defined	O
and	O
user-editable	O
commands	O
that	O
are	O
interpreted	O
by	O
bash	B-Operating_System
or	O
the	O
interpreter	B-Application
specified	O
with	O
a	O
shebang	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commands	O
can	O
be	O
sent	O
many	O
kinds	O
of	O
input	O
by	O
TextMate	B-Application
(	O
the	O
current	O
document	O
,	O
selected	O
text	O
,	O
the	O
current	O
word	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
addition	O
to	O
environment	O
variables	O
and	O
their	O
output	O
can	O
be	O
similarly	O
be	O
handled	O
by	O
TextMate	B-Application
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
ways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
commands	O
might	O
simply	O
show	O
a	O
tool	O
tip	O
,	O
create	O
a	O
new	O
document	O
for	O
their	O
output	O
,	O
or	O
display	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
web	O
page	O
using	O
TextMate	B-Application
's	O
built-in	O
HTML	O
renderer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
language-specific	O
bundles	O
such	O
as	O
bash	B-Operating_System
,	O
PHP	B-Application
or	O
Ruby	B-Language
contain	O
commands	O
for	O
compiling	O
and/or	O
running	O
the	O
current	O
document	O
or	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
many	O
cases	O
the	O
STDOUT	B-Operating_System
and	I-Operating_System
STDERR	I-Operating_System
of	O
the	O
code	O
's	O
process	O
will	O
be	O
displayed	O
in	O
a	O
window	O
in	O
TextMate	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
their	O
simplest	O
,	O
TextMate	B-Application
“	O
snippets	B-Application
”	O
are	O
pieces	O
of	O
text	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
inserted	O
into	O
the	O
document	O
at	O
the	O
current	O
location	O
via	O
a	O
context-sensitive	O
key	O
stroke	O
or	O
tab	O
completion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snippets	B-Application
are	O
"	O
intelligent	O
"	O
,	O
supporting	O
"	O
tab	O
stops	O
"	O
dynamic	O
updating	O
,	O
access	O
to	O
environment	O
variables	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
run	O
inline	O
scripts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tab	O
stops	O
can	O
be	O
cycled	O
through	O
using	O
the	O
“	O
tab	O
”	O
key	O
and	O
support	O
default	O
text	O
,	O
drop-downs	O
,	O
to	O
complete	O
elements	O
of	O
the	O
snippet	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
results	O
of	O
these	O
tab	O
stops	O
can	O
be	O
dynamically	O
changed	O
in	O
another	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
snippet	B-Application
,	O
as	O
the	O
user	O
fills	O
in	O
a	O
stop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TextMate	B-Application
environment	O
variables	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
,	O
supporting	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
current	O
scope	O
,	O
line	O
number	O
,	O
or	O
author	O
name	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snippets	B-Application
also	O
have	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
run	O
inline	O
shell	O
scripts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TextMate	B-Application
language	O
grammars	O
,	O
snippets	B-Application
,	O
macros	O
,	O
commands	O
,	O
and	O
templates	O
can	O
be	O
grouped	O
into	O
“	O
bundles	O
”	O
of	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
snippet	B-Application
,	O
macro	O
,	O
or	O
command	O
can	O
be	O
executed	O
by	O
pressing	O
a	O
keyboard	O
shortcut	O
,	O
by	O
typing	O
a	O
particular	O
word	O
and	O
then	O
pressing	O
the	O
“	O
tab	O
”	O
key	O
(	O
so-called	O
“	O
tab	O
triggers	O
”	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
by	O
selecting	O
the	O
command	O
from	O
a	O
menu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tab	O
triggers	O
are	O
particularly	O
useful	O
;	O
the	O
combination	O
of	O
tab	O
triggers	O
and	O
snippets	B-Application
greatly	O
eases	O
coding	O
in	O
verbose	O
languages	O
,	O
or	O
languages	O
with	O
commonly	O
typed	O
patterns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snippets	B-Application
,	O
macros	O
,	O
and	O
commands	O
can	O
be	O
limited	O
to	O
a	O
particular	O
scope	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
for	O
instance	O
the	O
“	O
close	O
html	O
tag	O
”	O
command	O
does	O
not	O
work	O
in	O
a	O
python	O
script	O
,	O
freeing	O
up	O
that	O
keyboard	O
shortcut	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
something	O
else	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Subversion	B-Application
repository	O
is	O
available	O
containing	O
many	O
more	O
bundles	O
than	O
are	O
shipped	O
with	O
the	O
editor	O
package	O
,	O
for	O
everything	O
from	O
Markdown	O
to	O
blogging	O
to	O
MIPS	B-Device
assembly	I-Device
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
documents	O
or	O
folders	O
can	O
be	O
opened	O
at	O
once	O
in	O
a	O
TextMate	B-Application
project	O
window	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
a	O
drawer	O
along	O
its	O
side	O
listing	O
file	O
and	O
folder	O
names	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
tabs	O
across	O
the	O
top	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
TextMate	B-Application
1.5	O
,	O
this	O
drawer	O
provides	O
a	O
means	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
organize	O
files	O
and	O
folders	O
from	O
across	O
the	O
file	O
system	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
create	O
virtual	O
folders	O
for	O
further	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
TextMate	B-Application
2	O
and	O
replaced	O
with	O
an	O
ordinary	O
file	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bundles	O
for	O
CVS	B-Application
,	O
Subversion	B-Application
,	O
darcs	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
other	O
revision	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
allow	O
TextMate	B-Application
to	O
manage	O
versioned	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TextMate	B-Application
has	O
many	O
features	O
common	O
to	O
programming	O
editors	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
TextMate	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
Oniguruma	B-Algorithm
regular	B-Language
expression	I-Language
library	O
developed	O
by	O
K	O
.	O
Kosako	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
TextMate	B-Application
supports	O
features	O
to	O
integrate	O
well	O
with	O
the	O
OS	O
X	O
graphical	B-Application
environment	I-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
VoiceOver	O
and	O
Zoom	O
users	O
can	O
use	O
TextMate	B-Application
thanks	O
to	O
its	O
accessibility	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TextMate	B-Application
does	O
have	O
a	O
few	O
limitations	O
when	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
editors	O
in	O
its	O
class	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
TextMate	B-Application
is	O
not	O
tightly	O
coupled	O
to	O
a	O
scripting	O
language	O
,	O
as	O
Emacs	B-Application
is	O
to	O
Emacs	B-Operating_System
Lisp	I-Operating_System
,	O
it	O
is	O
impossible	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
have	O
complete	O
control	O
over	O
the	O
program	O
's	O
configuration	O
and	O
behavior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Allan	O
Odgaard	O
explained	O
his	O
thoughts	O
on	O
the	O
subject	O
in	O
an	O
email	O
to	O
the	O
TextMate	B-Application
mailing	O
list	O
,	O
advocating	O
for	O
"	O
platform-recommended	O
"	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
built-in	O
HTML	O
validator	O
—	O
because	O
TextMate	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
W3C	O
validator	O
for	O
HTML	O
validation	O
,	O
users	O
must	O
have	O
an	O
active	O
network	O
connection	O
to	O
validate	O
HTML	O
using	O
the	O
standard	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lack	O
of	O
code-completion	O
feature	O
:	O
despite	O
its	O
substantial	O
support	O
for	O
macros	O
,	O
commands	O
,	O
and	O
snippets	B-Application
,	O
TextMate	B-Application
has	O
no	O
built-in	O
support	O
for	O
code-hinting	O
or	O
guided	O
code-completion	O
,	O
so	O
text	B-Application
editors	I-Application
that	O
support	O
these	O
features	O
may	O
prove	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
better	O
choice	O
when	O
learning	O
the	O
syntax	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
language	O
or	O
coding	O
in	O
verbose	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TextMate	B-Application
is	O
not	O
binary	B-General_Concept
safe	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
TextMate	B-Application
1.5	O
won	O
the	O
Apple	O
Design	O
Award	O
for	O
best	O
developer	O
tool	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
