Bare Bones Software has updated its flagship HTML and text editor BBEdit to version 9.6.3. The update consists solely of bug fixes, including resolutions for crashes that could occur when deleting files from folders watched by a project file list, a crash in the CSS formatter when faced with certain rule malfunctions, and a hang when the Find Differences command encountered a permissions problem. Also corrected are memory consumption issues, text formatting bugs, and various syntax coloration glitches. Full release notes are available at Bare Bones’ Web site. The free TextWrangler, BBEdit’s younger brother, received mostly the same under-the-hood fixes in its 3.5.3 release. (BBEdit: free update, $99.99 new, 15.9 MB; TextWrangler: free, 13 MB)
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TextWrangler 3.5.1, perhaps ?
OK, now the link points to a page for TextWrangler 3.5.3.
And since I've bothered to make a comment, I'd like to add my voice to the chorus of praise for this excellent editor.
And since I've bothered to make a comment, I'd like to add my voice to the chorus of praise for this excellent editor.
There's a huge difference between BBEdit purchased directly from Bare Bones Software and the version sold on the Apple Store: the AppStore version won't make authenticated saves.
This facility is extremely useful when saving files directly to a remote server, where permissions often are a problem. Removing it from the AppStore version makes this version of BBEdit far less useful.
Apple and Bare Bones should make this clear, instead of burying it in the release notes for BBEdit 9.6.3.
This facility is extremely useful when saving files directly to a remote server, where permissions often are a problem. Removing it from the AppStore version makes this version of BBEdit far less useful.
Apple and Bare Bones should make this clear, instead of burying it in the release notes for BBEdit 9.6.3.
UPDATE: BBEdit does describe this issue in detail on its web site, and offers downloadable installers that provide this facility to AppStore-purchased editions, at: