Problem: there’s no Velocity (VTL) bundle for Textmate.
Solution: write one yourself.
I’m currently working on a basic Velocity bundle for Textmate. We use it as a templating language at work, and, let’s face it, Textmate is an awesome editor with many, many ways to make your life easier. Given that it’s listed as a bundle people might be interested in… I’d better get started on it, right?
If you’re interested, leave a comment or drop me an email. So far I’ve got some basic function and syntax highlighting, along with autocompletion of some common constructs. Once it’s more finalised - and has been built in accordance to the VTL spec, not just the way I write it, I’ll start putting out releases.
(And if none of this makes much sense: Velocity/VTL is a templating language for Java web-apps. It’s one of the least sucky Java templating languages, apparently, but it’s not as mature of fully-featured as, say, Smarty.)
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Andy said... 1
We’d love to see a velocity bundle for textmate, currently I’m just using the HTML bundle hacked to look for .vm files.
manuel said... 2
I would love to see what youv’e got…
I am looking for a Velocity bundle too.
Jason said... 3
Hi, I’d like to try out your Velocity bundle as well. Currently the best editor for Velocity templates on the Mac seems to be Eclipse with the VeloEclipse plugin.
manuel said... 4
Any progress on this?
I am eager to use Velocity with Textmate. Curently I have no syntax highlighting or anything. If you have any thing to work with, I’d love to see.
I have no experience writing bundles, but I’m willing to dive in amd offer my assistance in any way you could use it.
thanks,
M.M.
Mikel said... 5
Would love to see a velocity bundle. Have you gotten anywhere with it?
Regards
Mikel
Sergio said... 6
I am searching for a velocity bundle as well. Please let us now if there is something more about this.
florin said... 7
I am using the Velocity template for IntelliJ but I will be interested in the TMATE one. Also, I believe velocity works very well for web development if you’re using a good Java MVC. I am biased :) but I can kindly recommend to have a look at the JPublish project for HTML/Velocity/Freemarker/Stringtemplate template based web development. http://www.jpublish.org