It's hard to be too specific without more information about what you use a code editor for, but here are a few things that stand out for me (I do primarily back-end web programming and CSS, manage large data sets, and work with huge log files):
1) Fast and helpful support directly from Bare Bones (when you email [email protected]). This may seem like a throwaway feature. Many people here can explain better than I can the importance of getting a question answered (or a feature added, or whatever) when your livelihood depends on your editor. It's almost ridiculous how good their support is. 2) Everything under the Text menu -- especially the things that have "Process" in their names. 3) Live preview (with an inspector) for HTML, and for Markdown. 4) Built-in S/FTP support, when I need to code like a cowgirl (live on the production server -- living on the edge...rarely a good idea, but sometimes necessary). 5) Not having to add third-party modules to do fundamental editing tasks. 6) Opening and grep-search-and-replacing 700MB documents in seconds. 7) Auto-restore state (including open files, even the ones on remote servers) if your Mac crashes or you need to update BBEdit or something. That's my list, at least. --Kerri On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 11:51 AM, Madelyn Bingham <[email protected] > wrote: > Can someone tell me what makes BBEdit different or better than other code > editors? I understand it is mostly geared towards Apple Products, but I > could just as easily download Notepad++ or Brackets on my Macintosh, which > seem to be more popular. Are there any special features about BBEdit that > make it special or set it apart? What are some tips and tricks to using > this code editor? > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
