Looking at a diff of each others’ code will be more useful if the differences match only the changes that really matter. As soon as you collaborate with another developer, however, having consistent coding standards makes sharing code much easier. If you work alone, these changes might seem petty or nit-picky to you. Use TextMate project search/replace for Word press and change to WordPress. The most common mistake is to use a lowercase “p”. You should always use single quotes in PHP unless you have to include variables, or wrap strings with single quotes in them. Use TextMate project search/replace to find ) ?> and change to ) ?> and to find )?> and change to ) ?>. The remaining PHP code will need to be cleaned up by hand if you want to be thorough about spacing. Use TextMate project search/replace ( CMD-Shift-F): See WordPress Coding Standards under “Space Usage” for details.

Follow WordPress conventions for spacing around braces, function calls, and variables.

Run the “Change Spaces to Tabs” on each file.

Convert spaces to tabs at beginning of lines.

If you don’t have any text selected, the entire file will be changed. Run the “Remove Trailing Spaces in Document / Selection” command on each file.

Remove extra line endings and check for extra spaces or newlines after PHP blocks.

I use “Tabs: 4” with “Soft Tabs” unchecked. Next, check your settings for Tab Size at the bottom of your TextMate document window. I use Cmd-Shift-9 as the keyboard shortcut for this command. Here’s what the bundle editor window should look like for this command:įollow the same steps as above, but use the following code instead in the “Command(s)” field, and change the command title to “Change Spaces to Tabs.”

Leave the other settings as they are, and save the command.

If you want to map the command to a keyboard shortcut, find the “Activation” menu, click the input area, and enter the keyboard shortcut. Name it “Remove Trailing Spaces in Document / Selection” and paste the following code into the “Command(s)” field. Select your bundle and use the “New” menu at the bottom left of the bundle editor to add a new command. “Remove Trailing Spaces in Document / Selection” Command I usually add my own commands to a bundle called so it sticks to the top of my bundle list. If you don’t know how to add commands to a TextMate bundle, or don’t have your own bundle set up yet, start here and add a new bundle. In this post I’ll show you how to add two useful commands to TextMate, then move through the steps I take for theme code cleanup and put the commands into practice.įirst, let’s add the commands to a TextMate bundle. During the code cleanup I often perform certain cleanup tasks over and over, which makes them perfect for TextMate commands. I spend a lot of time cleaning up WordPress themes.

Textmate set up two window