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TextMate FTP SSH Bundle Snow Leopard FIX

Clay Simmons — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:01:35 +0000

I use the FTP/SSH bundle for TextMate a lot and have gotten quite used to it. It is quirky, but it has become an invaluable part of my development process. When I upgraded to Snow Leopard, the bundle stopped working.

There are two fixes you need to apply.

The first fix

The first fixes problems if you’re getting errors like:

PHP Notice: Undefined index TM_PROJECT_FILEPATH
PHP Notice: Undefined index TM_DIRECTORY

You need to alter your /private/etc/php.ini file. If you don’t have one, just copy the /private/etc/php.ini.default file to /private/etc/php.ini. Look for this line:

variables_order = “GPCS”

Change it to:

variables_order = “GPCSE”

The second fix

Snow Leopard ships with PHP 5.3, which, in its default configuration, doesn’t recognize the $_ENV superglobal. You have to call getenv() instead. Since the FTP/SSH bundle relies heavily on the $_ENV variable, it breaks under Snow Leopard. Luckily, there’s an easy fix.

The Solution

Open up TextMate and open the following folder:

/Users/your_username/Library/Application Support/TextMate/Pristine Copy/Bundles/FTP:SSH.tmbundle/

Use shift+cmd+f to do a global find/replace. For find, enter this:

\$_ENV\['([A-Z_]+)'\]

For replace, enter this:

getenv('$1')

Make sure you check the “Regular expression” box and click Find and then Replace All.

That’s it. The bundle should start working properly.

Get Rid of Persistent Underline in Arkansas Rockers Updates

Clay Simmons — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:44:35 +0000

Hey kids. Got a pesky underline or other formatting issue that won’t go away. There’s an app for that. Or a button, rather. Just highlight the text in question and click this button:

Click the "Remove Formatting" button.

How to post Vimeo videos on Arkansas Rockers

Clay Simmons — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:41:19 +0000

A lot of you have asked about this, so here’s how you do it. This should also work with any other video sharing site that provides embed codes for their videos.

Step 1

Click on the “Source” button in the toolbar for the General or Lately section like so:

Step 2

Now you will see your update with the HTML formatting included. Don’t let this freak you out.

Step 3

Copy the embed code from the Vimeo video.

Step 4

Paste the embed code from Vimeo into your update. It is best to do this outside of any HTML tags. See in the example that the Vimeo embed code stands on its own outside of the paragraph tags that surround the other sentences.

That’s it. Click the trusty “I’m Satisfied –> Go On” button at the bottom and behold the Vimeo video in your update.