What are some useful TextMate shortcuts? [closed]

Question

Macs are renowned (or bemoaned) for having an extensive number of shortcuts. However, OS X itself pales in comparison to the shortcut lists in TextMate and its bundles.

What are some useful keyboard shortcuts you use?

Answer 1

Generate Lorem ipsum: lorem + TAB

Will generate:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Answer 2

Switch between tabs:

• Left: SHIFT + COMMAND + [
• Right: SHIFT + COMMAND + ]

Answer 3

Eliminate all whitespace / carriage returns between the location of your caret and the start of the next piece of content: SHIFT + CONTROL + J

For example, if you have:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip.

Place your caret at the end of the first paragraph and press SHIFT + CONTROL + J to remove the space in between the paragraphs:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip.

Answer 4

Edit the end of multiple selected lines simultaneously : COMMAND + OPTION + A

Answer 5

Toggle between {} and do end blocks. Place your cursor on the block arugument (i.e. the word after the keyword do between the two pipes) and press Shift + Control + {

For example, converts:

@post.each do |post|
  puts post.name
end

to:

@post.each { |post| puts post.name }

Answer 6

My favourites are:

• option+command+[ to clean up your indentation
• "lorem", TAB to insert placeholder text