# Textmate/Rails Question

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/textmate-rails-question/58382>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 21, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/textmate-rails-question/58382 "2006-04-21T01:33:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![hazmatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@hazmatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hazmatt)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/textmate-rails-question/58382/1 "2006-04-21T01:33:51Z")

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I just picked up textmate yesterday and have been playing around with  
it. I  
see all the cool snippets it has, but I’m not sure how to use them  
correctly. In the videos I’ve seen that you can type out the snippet  
(only a  
few characters) and then it appears. I don’t know how to get that to  
happen.  
Do I have to download something seperate to do it?

Thanks!  
-Matt

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**Author:** ![hazmatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@hazmatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hazmatt)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 2:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/textmate-rails-question/58382/2 "2006-04-21T02:01:12Z")

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On Apr 20, 2006, at 4:31 PM, Matt R. wrote:

> I just picked up textmate yesterday and have been playing around  
> with it. I see all the cool snippets it has, but I’m not sure how  
> to use them correctly. In the videos I’ve seen that you can type  
> out the snippet (only a few characters) and then it appears. I  
> don’t know how to get that to happen. Do I have to download  
> something seperate to do it?

press tab.

esc auto completes within the file.

There’s a good manual available under the help menu.

–  
– Tom M.

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**Author:** ![hazmatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@hazmatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hazmatt)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 10:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/textmate-rails-question/58382/3 "2006-04-21T10:21:47Z")

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On 21 Apr 2006, at 01:59, Tom M. wrote:

> esc auto completes within the file.
> 
> There’s a good manual available under the help menu.

Check out [http://keyref.octopod.info](http://keyref.octopod.info) too.

Chris