Install Rails Plugins from TextMate

2 Nov 2006

Would you like to install plugins to your Rails app without ever leaving your favorite text editor? Well, if your favorite text editor is TextMate, you now can, thanks to Duane Johnson. In r1324 of TextMate, which just got auto-updated on my laptop a few minutes ago, there’s now a quick and easy way to search for and install plugins listed in the Rails plugin directory.

When in Ruby on Rails mode in TextMate and editing a file that’s part of a Rails application, use ^| to pull up a list of Rails actions and choose 2 to install a plugin. You’ll get a text box and a “Go” button. Enter your search text in the box, click the button, and you’ll run a search against the plugin directory at AgileWebDevelopment.com. For each search result you get back, you’ll get links to the plugin’s home page, to the plugin’s SVN repository, and for installing the plugin. Click that last link and the plugin will be installed. Now you don’t even have to use RaPT. :)

Thanks Duane!

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2 responses to “Install Rails Plugins from TextMate”

Tom (09:51:05) :

Sweet!

When’s TextMate going to be available for us Windows users?

Deirdre Saoirse Moen (11:37:34) :

Tom, bite me.

Us hardcore Mac users have been suffering that sort of question for years. It’s your turn.

You can buy a Mac, or you can realize that many Mac users will point and laugh (much the way Windows users did at Mac users for years).

I think this is a very cool add-on to TextMate, proving it really deserves to be the official text editor for Rails.