TextMate Halloween Style All Over Again

For Halloween in 2006, TextMate pushed down a little update on everyone that added a new Halloween-styled theme, a new dock icon and a new splash image. It was awesome, but they took a lot of shit for it because apparently the world is filled with a one or two uptight developers. Go figure.

Well I doubt TextMate will ever make the mistake again of "having a bit of fun" with their fanbase, but I still love that theme and am rejoicing at the opportunity to bring it out from the cobwebs.

Here is how I brought it back:

  1. Download this large PNG (cobweb splash image)
  2. Download this Mac OS X icon
  3. Quit TextMate
  4. Copy the splash.png image to ~/Library/Application Support/TextMate/Spash.png
  5. Replace your TextMate.app icon with the one from step 2.
  6. Start TextMate and smile.

Update: For those who want to go all the way, you need the Halloween theme as well. Download the All Hallow's Eve TextMate theme here and then unpack it to your ~/Library/Application Support/TextMate/Themes directory, then go into TextMate (you might have to restart it to pick up the theme) preferences and choose this theme.

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