Hey Matias,
You don't mention what version of BBEdit you're using (10.0 or 10.1) which is
quite germane.
Have you enabled key-repeat on Lion? The press-and-hold for accenting keys
feature causes problems.
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
On Oct 09, 2011, at 10:41, Matias Bjarland wrote:
> +1 on this. If you need to ask why you would need a fast key repeat your
> editor usage pattern is quite different from that of every developer I know.
> Which is totally ok, I'm just saying that programmers tend to care about the
> performance of their text editor.
No disagreement from me.
> I don't need syntax highlighting, fancy pants auto complete, connections to
> ftp servers, etc.
A programming editor without useful autocomplete is just junk, but YMMV. :)
> I have loved all BBedit versions prior to 10.
I wouldn't go that far, but I've used BBEdit since it debuted and have found it
an increasingly useful tool. It stays open 24/7 on my machine.
> A few examples of things I think went wrong:
> The selection key repeat issue. That they ship this just blows my mind.
I was quite unhappy with this but have decreased my sorrows by installing
KeyRemap4MacBook and tweaking the settings.
> The removal of a ton of the configuration options. Sure, make the config UI
> more user friendly, but taking config options away? Why? Look at google
> applications like GMail which I suspect most people would agree are quite
> well designed from a usability perspective. The settings are not in your
> face...but if you really want them they are there for you to find.
I hate Gmail and find it nearly unusable, but obviously many people feel
differently. I access my Gmail account via IMAP and Apple Mail (although I
still pine for Eudora).
Be sure to examine BBEdit's Expert Preferences in the help file (available from
the Help menu).
> {snip} Oh and you can not keyboard navigate (as in press the up and down
> arrow keys) to change the selection in the open documents drawer. So you have
> to mouse click on the 50 files leading up to the one you are looking for to
> make sure you have the right one.
In project windows, the file list does not accept keyboard focus by default,
unless the editing view is hidden. You can modify this so that the file list
gets the focus whenever you click on it:
defaults write com.barebones.bbedit ProjectsListCanAcquireKeyboardFocus -bool
YES
> The alternative of course is to use the "recent documents" drawer. But they
> chose to limit the size of that window to about a 10th of my available screen
> height. And it is not configurable (if it is, please somebody correct me).
Yeah. I'm not happy with this arrangement either.
> I work best when visual clutter is at the minimum. Because of this I tend to
> always have the document selector on the right hand side. {snip}
I too would like to have more choice on where things are located in the UI.
While on the subject of UI let me mention that I still dislike the morphing
preferences, and if I'm not mistaken the preference search is not as complete
as in BBEdit v9.
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Best Regards,
Chris
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