I'm just throwing this out ... I have no idea what impact it would have on BBEdit.
You could try changing the permissions on the pref file to read-only. You can do it with Finder or use "chmod 400 filename". > On Oct 12, 2017, at 10:37 PM, F. Alfredo Rego <[email protected]> wrote: > > I appreciate your pointer, Patrick. > > Unfortunately, BBEdit’s “core” prefs file also has myriad “peripheral” prefs > within its eight thousand five hundred lines (in my case), including recent > searches and so on. > > Apparently, Apple sadistically chooses to reset the really > painful-to-re-enter-every-time “core” preferences while choosing to leave > “peripheral” preferences alone. > > As I waste extremely valuable time re-configuring my BBEdit prefs every time > that I restart BBEdit, I give up on the treasure hunt (within > com.barebones.bbedit.plist) for the preferences that are truly essential and > important. > > I would be willing to pay for a script (or something) that cruises around > com.barebones.bbedit.plist and, as soon as it detects underhanded mischief, > resets MY preferences to whatever I have patiently and lovingly crafted to > suit MY requirements. > > I’m sure I’m not the only one being hurt badly, in terms of my time, due to > this specific issue with High Sierra. Any enterprising folks out there who > would like to develop a burglar alarm for BBEdit’s prefs? > > I regret having downgraded to Low Sierra. The options for going back to > Sierra are even more painful than having to re-enter all of my favorite > BBEdit prefs. > > Sigh . . . > > Alfredo > >> On Oct 10, 2017, at 9:47 AM, Patrick Woolsey <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 10/9/17 at 11:16 AM, [email protected] (F. Alfredo Rego) wrote: >> >>> It will be useful to backup BBEdit’s preferences with git, so we >>> can detect any unwelcome changes and revert them whenever Apple >>> decides to “help” (In Spanish, we say “no me ayudes, compadre” ;-) >>> >>> What file(s) should we backup thus? >>> >> >> For reference, BBEdit's core prefs file (which is the most likely to suffer >> OS mischiefs) is: >> >> /Users/USERNAME/Library/Preferences/com.barebones.bbedit.plist >> >> where USERNAME is the short name of your login account. >> >> Also, for anyone who'd like a full inventory of BBEdit's supporting files, >> please see Chapter 2 of the PDF manual. :) >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Patrick Woolsey >> == >> Bare Bones Software, Inc. <http://www.barebones.com/> > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. 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> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit. -- Rod Buchanan Kelly Supply Company 1004 W Oklahoma Ave Grand Island, NE 68802-1328 308 382-8764 x1120 -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. 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> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit.
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