Blogging from TextMate
I don't know about you, but I don't really like editing my blog posts in the default text area that comes with most blogging software. They provide a rich text interface through some clever javascript, but it doesn't really feel right. As a programmer I want to be able to use my editor of choice. That would of course be vi. However, as I can't be bothered to try and figure out the magic runes involved in getting vi integrated with my blog, I thought I would try out TextMate. It has a bundle all ready to go. You just need to configure the xmlrpc location of your blog and fire up a new window. For those that need a little help getting started, there is a nice screencast on the TextMate blog. Once you have a new window open, you just write your post and upload it to your server. At least I hope so. Did this make it to your feed reader :-)?
