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PBX My name is Paul Bissex, and e-scribe.com is my consulting business. I build web applications using as much open source software as possible. From September to June I teach web design and other important non-photographic professional skills to photographers. In the '90s I wrote technology commentary and reviews for magazines, newspapers, and web publications, including Wired, Salon.com, FamilyPC, the late lamented Web Review, and the Chicago Tribune. Feel free to email me.

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I'm co-authoring a book, "Python Web Development with Django", with Jeff Forcier and Wesley Chun. It will be published by Prentice Hall in July 2008, but is available for pre-ordering on Amazon now.

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TextMate update

A new "bleeding edge" version of TextMate appeared this evening, featuring extensive improvements to the bundle infrastructure. (If you're not sure what this means, read my earlier post on how bundles are the heart of TextMate's stupendousness.) Allan Oddgaard has put a lot of thought into the balance between distributed bundles and user customizations, and has developed some really elegant solutions that allow you to benefit from improvements in the bundles (some of which move at a rapid clip thanks to motivated community developers) while retaining your specific customizations.

Also, while this may have been possible before, I just noticed it: you can use the "Edit in TextMate" command to edit the content of snippets etc. in the bundle editor. That's nice. It's amazing how constraining a regular Cocoa text field feels after becoming accustomed to TextMate's style.

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
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Some related posts: TextMate command for paste.e-scribe.com • Johnny can too code • Joel on TextMate • Sparkle: automatic application updates • Dangerous installers • Logo bundle for TextMate • Textmate 1.5 released • Obscure "svn mv" problem solved • TextMate: Bundles of goodness • TextMate: wiki bits

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