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Trip
Trip

Reputation: 27114

The most common shortcut in Textmate doesn't work?

The shortcut for jumping to the beginning or end of a line of code with ⌘ + → or ⌘ + ← does not work. I just get a MaC OS X system beep.

I believe this shortcut is universal to the Max OS X platform, and not specifically TextMate, and it and it does work everywhere else (TextEdit, StackOverflow, etc.).

Why would TextMate conflict with it, and not work?

It does work on my other Mac in TextMate. Is there a configuration I can change somewhere? I tried reinstalling TextMate.

Update

I was on Textmate 1.8, and upgraded to 1.9 .

I noticed this in the Release notes :

[FIXED] Add local key bindings for command + arrows (as there are no defaults in Snow Leopard) - ticket 0FDE7076.

Now when I do ⌘ + ← It closes the application, and goes to whatever app is also being used by finder.

When I do ⌘ + → it works as expected.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 836

Answers (5)

masonk
masonk

Reputation: 9788

TextMate doesn't use Cocoa for its main window text box, but it does implement most Cocoa shortcuts, including ⌘ + → for jumping to the end of the line.

As discussed, you most likely have a bundle that's binding that command. However, because it's TextMate, and TextMate is awesome, there is a simple and direct method to find out what bundle item that is.

Bundles->Select Bundle Item..., then click the magnifying glass and switch to Key Equivalent. Type ⌘ + → and it will show you what bundle item you're getting. This is context dependent, so make sure your cursor is in the scope where you're having problems.

If you don't see a bundle item show up, then it means some other program on your computer is eating ⌘ + →.

Upvotes: 1

Trip
Trip

Reputation: 27114

I finally found this! Turns out textmate doesn't work with Snow Leopard key bindings.

http://ticket.macromates.com/show?ticket_id=0FDE7076

Strange right? The files included in this link should address the problem.

Upvotes: 2

Frank Schmitt
Frank Schmitt

Reputation: 25775

I haven't heard of that shortcut, and no idea why it's not working.

I use the emacs combos that work in most Mac apps: Ctrl-A to jump to the beginning of a line and Ctrl-E to jump to the end.

Ctrl-D (forward delete), Ctrl-L (center current line) and Ctrl-T (transpose two chars) are also handy.

Upvotes: 2

tadman
tadman

Reputation: 211610

Unlike many programs, short-cut keys are not defined in the preferences but it in the bundles that are loaded when the application starts.

TextMate has a bunch of places it looks for bundles and add-ons so you might have to hunt around to find the differences between the two apps. In general terms you should look in ~/Library/Application Support/TextMate and /Library/Application Support/TextMate to see what is set.

You should be able to copy the contents of the working bundle set over to the non-working computer to resolve the problem. Be sure to make a back-up of that directory first just in case you make it even worse by mistake.

Upvotes: 1

mipadi
mipadi

Reputation: 410732

Maybe you have a bundle item that's interfering? ⌘-Arrow does work as expected in TextMate.

Upvotes: 2

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