How to program in C# with TextMate as my IDE?

Question

Yes, I know there is MonoDevelop. But what if I want to use Textmate instead?

So my question here is aimed at the .Net developer who has developed some C# applications using Textmate. I'm curious as to what their process/workflow is with this setup.

• What is the best C# bundle out there for syntax/language grammar?
• How do you build your project? (easy to build app for 2.0, 3.0, and/or 3.5 framework?)
• Can you easily start a C# application in Visual Studio, and then continue to use TextMate in it's place?

Are there too many pitfalls here in thinking I could do this, and am I just taking crazy pills?

Answer 1

To be honest I still do my actual C# building through a Virtual Machine running Windows, but I edit anything that I can through Textmate. I use the ASP.Net VB.Net tmbundle and I actually just discovered a C# tmbundle.

I am planning on switching to building in MonoDevelop if I can, but right now I work with teams that only use Windows so to be safe I'm still stuck building in Visual Studio.

Answer 2

I'm looking into the same solution for TextMate... I want to be able to hit Cmd-B to build and possibly run my selected project.

I know that any solution is going to involve using MDTOOL (which is under /Applications/MonoDevelop.app/Contents/MacOS/mdtool on Mac OS X) and call mdtool build from the solution's folder. Then I'm going to go to the bin/Debug or bin/Release folder I want to run and call mono MyProjectName.exe and all will be well.

Has anyone done that yet?