I've tried off and on to get up to speed with version 10, and I'm just not getting it. I've used BBEdit for years and usually eagerly buy up the latest version as soon as it ships, but so far, I can't justify the purchase.
I primarily do HTML, PHP, and JS development with BBEdit and it seems, unless I'm missing something, that version 10 is far more cumbersome to use than version 9 for a lot of my tasks. The prime example being the HTML editing tools. For most tags in 9, the modal dialog boxes provided the majority of the necessary options (the prime example being the image box). It also did the niceties of auto-calculating the image size for you, after inputting all the needed options. From what I can see in V10, the prime option is to use the inline editor, which only prompts to type the alt and src attributes, and does not auto-fill dimensions. The other suggestion I've seen is to drag and drop the image file into the HTML file, and it will auto-fill the dimensions. But, if you've set the file type to PHP (like I do for files that have headers and includes), this doesn't work (i.e., BBEdit does nothing). So, in this case, the only option is to use the inline palette, which requires more clicks (and doesn't do the auto-calculation). The new non-modal tag editors also have one really annoying aspect in that they do provide a listing of every possible attribute that applies to a tag in a drop-down menu, but the drop-down menu requires me to scroll up and down, even though the menu should easily fit on my screen. I'm not sure if this is a developer tool limitation or not, but if it can be changed, I'd vote to do so. Find and replace also seems less functional in version 10... maybe it's just my workflow, but I much prefer the old modal find & replace window, for two main reasons. First, the existence of the keyboard shortcuts to toggle options (Command-G to toggle Grep, Command-T to toggle start at top). And second, what happened to Start at Top? Losing that is a major bummer to the way I work. Also, losing the ability to trigger a multi-file search from inside of the regular find box is a bummer; I do that a lot when I make one change, and then realize I probably need to make it across a bunch of files. I've also noticed that the full screen mode in Lion seems buggy. Every time I try it, at some point, the ability to mouse to the top of the screen to reveal the menu bar stops working. BBEdit also assigns the system keyboard shortcut for enter/exit full screen to another command, so no dice there. The only option seems to be quitting and restarting. Am I missing something? Are there workarounds or better ways to deal with these things that I'm missing? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
