Comments on: Ask JW: How Do I Work On My Server in TextMate?

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:34:13 +0000

I’ve tried using expandrive and textmate instantly crashes when i try and load the project from my server. When im browsing for which folder to open as a project textmate sees the files/folders and navigates them quickly enough, but as soon as i try and open a folder, it crashes?!

Tried macfusion and expandrive, tried sftp and sshfs, and tried a few different servers, all the same result!

By: -

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:26:09 +0000

Another shout out for MacFUSE. If you can access your server via SSH, you can mount it as an external drive for FREE. http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/

By: Garth Jantzen

Garth Jantzen — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:46:53 +0000

The value of this over an FTP client is that TextMate has a great project feature that allows you to work with all your websites’s files in one window, rather than opening each one everytime you want to make changes with an FTP client. But when you focus off TextMate to another app and then focus back to TextMate it refreshes the files to reflect any changes made. If the project files are over a network it can take forreeevveeer to refresh them. Thats where mounting makes things way quicker to work over a network. However, there is a TextMate plugin to disable the auto-refresh feature, but that can cause problems if collaborating with others on those files.

By: Noah Hendrix

Noah Hendrix — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:41:30 +0000

For those asking what the value of this over an FTP client is, I believe that because it acts like a drive on the desktop it means 1 less application you really have to deal with. Most FTP clients can get pretty bulky with the features, but it looks like expandrive integrates really well with Finder. I typically work in Coda, but if there is just that one line of code you want to modify and you don’t have the project created in Coda it makes it so much nicer to just mount the server and fire up lightweight textmate (rhyming mostly unintentional). Also when working on a project you get to see the project drawer, where it lists all the files in your current project, wheras the cyberduck/fireFTP doesn’t allow for that very easily.

By: Willabee

Willabee — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:51:57 +0000

@Keith. Yeah, I do as @JohnB above does, use the Firefox FireFTP plugin and open your files with your favourite editor for direct server updates. Best of all, it’s free (but maybe @Jeffrey is on a commission).

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:12:29 +0000

This doesn’t work with my host, I don’t think my host allows ssh does anyone have any tips?

By: Johnb

Johnb — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:01:45 +0000

I just use a Firefox FTP plugin called FireFTP. Right-click on a file, open it in ANY editor. Edit file, save. It automatically updates the file on the server.

What i’m doing is working on the server, right? So what’s the benefit of using Coda or ExpanDrive?

By: yan

yan — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:19:36 +0000

EpanDrive works fine with Amazon S3 for you? Me not

By: RappyBMX

RappyBMX — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:12:43 +0000

lamo… have you ever heard about webdisk… some hosts offer it and it’s free ! u don’t have to pay anything… it’s the same thing

By: Hassan

Hassan — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:05:02 +0000

Yea, Jeff, It would be great if you record the windows version as well…? It would be highly appreciated.