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# A Love Letter to TextMate
- URL: https://chrisenns.com/2011/12/a-love-letter-to-textmate/
- Published: 2011-12-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-08T23:52:14.000Z
- Author: Chris Enns
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-04-08 17:47, #ichris

In case you were confused by [yesterday's little video](https://chrisenns.com/2011/12/12/textmate-2-the-waitinging/), well, this probably won't help much either and will just make you think nerds are even weirder than you already thought.

Matt Gemmell [wrote a letter to TextMate](https://mattgemmell.com/2011/12/13/dear-textmate/?ref=chrisenns.com) that explains a bit of the heartache of waiting for an update that may never come to many a nerd's favourite text editor:

> I still remember the early days - they were amazing. The bundles, new stuff every week, the syntax highlighting (*oh man, the syntax highlighting*). Yeah. Those were good times. It wasn’t just me, right?  
>  
> And the money thing. Ugh. That really messed us up. You always insisted on paying, even though I was happy to. I could have supported you; I was glad to help with that. Maybe you could have got to 2.0 sooner. But you didn’t give me the chance. It just all felt a bit one-sided.

Yeah, so you're probably more confused now than ever.