Good morning folks,

We're currently working on another maintenance update to BBEdit 12 to address a few recently reported issues.

Note that this is a _pre-release_ version. The intent is to fix bugs and address areas of improvement based on what our customers have reported. However, since the software is at this point not fully tested, there _may_ be bugs and regressions.

If this prospect makes you nervous, then sticking with the public release versions is your best course of action. Nobody will be offended if you choose to do so; you're under no obligation to install and use anything but a public release. :-)

Complete change notes to date for all the pre-release builds in this cycle are available here:

  <https://s3.amazonaws.com/BBSW-download/12.6.4_Notes.txt>

The change notes are organized into additions, changes, and fixes, and are annotated where appropriate with case numbers. So if you recognize a number corresponding to a support case that was opened for you, you can now verify that it's been fixed correctly. Please take the time to review the changes before using the new build -- it'll be worth your time.

One final note: If you run into a bug in a pre-release version, PLEASE DO NOT REPORT THE BUG TO THE LIST. This includes asking about whether others have seen the same problem. Instead, please send a bug report to <[email protected]> and we will deal with it there. This will help us keep the list discussion on topic and productive for all list members.

Here is the list of changes made since the previous pre-release build:

============================================================================

version 12.6.4 (412081) (2019-05-10)

*   This version of BBEdit requires macOS 10.12.6 or later. It will
    not run on previous versions of macOS or Mac OS X.

Additions
---------

o   (none in this build)

Changes
-------

o   (none in this build)

Fixes
-----

*   [NFR] Refined the fix for [370051] to cover some cases that were
    missed.

*   [370064] Fixed a bug in which changes to the name of the root
    folder in an instaproject were not reflected in the sidebar list.

*   When running a Python script, if `python3` is anywhere in your
`$PATH`, BBEdit will use it *instead of* `python`. While this is generally useful in a teaching environment, if you are using a
    custom Python installation (such as Anaconda), it may prove
    inconvenient. In that case, disabling automatic use of `python3`
    will help:

    `defaults write com.barebones.bbedit RunUsingPython3 -bool NO`

*   Added an expert preference to control whether BBEdit uses
`flake8` when choosing "Check Syntax" for a Python document. If
    you would prefer to use Python's built-in syntax checking, you
    can do so:

`defaults write com.barebones.bbedit UseFlakeForPythonSyntaxChecking -bool NO`

*   [370113] When updating the contents of the "Open Recent" menu,
    if BBEdit sees that the global "Recent Items" setting in the
General system preferences is "None", it will also clear the list that the OS uses to update the recent items menus in the Dock and
    the Apple menu.

*   Made a change to significantly reduce the time required to load
    ASCII files. This will be most noticeable on very large files.

*   Made a change to improve the performance of some operations
    which involved examining large quantities of text to determine
    the number of line breaks.

*   Fixed a bug in which the Ruby function scanner didn't correctly
identify the various types of callouts on the function menu. `#
    MARK:` is now also correctly identified.

*fin*

The package can be downloaded from our web server:

    <https://s3.amazonaws.com/BBSW-download/BBEdit-12.6.4_412081.dmg>

Enjoy,

R.

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