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Some Coda plugin tips & websites

Using Coda? Here are three recommended plugins I use daily.

Zen Coding

Takes a while to learn but the most flexible HTML/CSS-Shortcut system ever (yes, ever, at the moment).

It works quite easy:

  • You type div, press ^E (the global shortcut key) and <div></div> is inserted in Coda.

The cool thing is, that you can also do this:

  • Type div#whatulike and <div id="whatulike"></div> is inserted
  • div*2 gives <div></div><div></div>
  • div#someid>p inserts <div id="someid"><p></p></div>

There are numerous other examples (also for CSS) and some screencasts showing the concept:

http://code.google.com/p/zen-coding/

Line Commands

What I really miss from Eclipse are the following features:

  • Go to last edit location (regardless if it’s in another file)
  • Word completion (aka “Hippie Completion”, don’t ask), best completion system on the planet
  • Move Line Up/Down, Duplicate Line Up/Down

At least the last was rebuilt in Coda, although somewhat slow:

http://code.google.com/p/codaplugins/downloads/list

Remove Trailing Whitespaces

This is something Panic could really add in the next version (with “trim on save”):

http://erikhinterbichler.com/software/white-out/

Other pages with hints and plugins I found useful:

http://www.macstories.net/tutorials/coda-a-collection-of-120-plugins…
http://www.drastudio.com/…/adding-more-coda-books/
http://www.mactricksandtips.com/…/32-coda-tips-and-tricks.html
http://www.upstartblogger.com/30-panic-coda-tips-and-tricks
http://www.digitalistic.com/2009/03/31/pimp-my-coda/

7 Replies to “Some Coda plugin tips & websites”

    1. Currently these functions aren’t present in Coda 1 and 2. As far as I know there are plugins for Coda which provide such functions.

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