Here at Summit we use TextMate for all our text editing and coding. I’m not the most informed or understanding of all that TextMate is capable of, especially through its Bundles feature, but it is widely expandable and versatile.
Recently Dru and I were fiddling with some blog posts looking for a way to export ActionScript code in html format for the sake of displaying on a blog, and found the blogging bundle in TextMate. Apparently you can use it to both download and view blogs from a qualified xmlrpc feed online as well as write and publish blogs from your desktop.
It takes a little bit of setup, first comes the “Setup Blogs” command within the bundle’s dropdown menu. We use WordPress software so it wasn’t too hard with a Google search to find the proper xmlrpc address string.
The interface for “blogging” from TextMate will require any use to approach it from a very coding standpoint – in other words don’t worry about trying it if you’re not prepared to view and write everything in html.
When finally coming to the point of publishing the written blog, I must mention that publishing from TextMate is far less capable when compared, for example, to the WordPress Dashboard. TextMate will not upload images or other media for you (as far as I know) and requires you to type the category and tag names that you desire instead of selecting them from a list. But in terms of a quick platform from which to post a blog, you might take a look.
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June 21, 2008 at 12:23 am
drukepple
This looks promising for adding categories: Go to Bundles > Blogging > Headers, and look at the available headers. Category is more than a simple snippet; try it out to see what I mean. Seems like the only thing missing now is images.
If we can ftp images to WordPress, then we can always use the Transmit bundle, as well.