FYI that doesn't work.  I tried it and it is back to read/write.

> On Oct 13, 2017, at 8:11 AM, Rod Buchanan <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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] 
>> <mailto:[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] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 10/9/17 at 11:16 AM, [email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[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/ 
>>> <http://www.barebones.com/>>
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