Good afternoon folks,
We're currently working on a feature update to BBEdit 13, which includes
a number of new features, as well as fixes for previously reported
issues.
Testing is currently underway, and we have a stable pre-release version
ready for use.
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/13.2_Notes-415025.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.
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Here is a list of changes since the previous pre-release version:
version 13.2 (415025) (2020-09-21)
Additions
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* [DOC] Have you ever had the experience where you make a new
document, put some text into, and then later on, when you're
closing it (either alone or as part of closing a bunch of
documents), you click the "Don't Save" button? And then, an
[ohnosecond](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ohnosecond) later,
you realize you've made a terrible mistake?
BBEdit has a new feature to protect your data: in the Text Files
preferences, there is an option: "Rescue untitled documents when
discarding changes". When this option is on (as it is by default),
and you close an untitled document (one that has never been saved to
disk), and click "Don't Save", BBEdit will save a snapshot of that
document's contents to disk. If you realize you need that text back,
it's there -- choose the "Rescued Documents" item on the Folders
submenu on the BBEdit application menu, and you'll get a Finder window
with all of the snapshots.
BBEdit will also do some housekeeping for you, if you like. By
default it will clean up old data after a week, but you can adjust
the interval from 1 to 365 days; or disable the cleanup altogether.
(When cleaning up old items, BBEdit will move them into the Trash.)
* [DOC] Edit => Insert => File Contents gets a new option: "Ensure line
break after each inserted file"; this does just what its name
implies.
* [DOC] [407329] Added "overscroll" to the search keywords and
option description for "Extra vertical space in text views" in
the Editing preferences.
Changes
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* [NFR] Restored the document lock to SFTP documents; "Reload from
Server" will unlock the backing temp file before attempting to
rewrite it.
Fixes
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* [407374] Fixed bug in which the language module entry points for
managing document-specific parse data weren't called at the
correct points.
* [407396] Fixed bug in which entering diacritic characters by
holding down a letter key and then selecting from the OS popover
would create a unwanted Undo state and confuse the existing one,
in situations where typing was already in progress.
*fin*
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
<supp...@barebones.com> and we will deal with it there. This will help
us keep the list discussion on topic and productive for all list
members.
The package can be downloaded from our web server:
<https://s3.amazonaws.com/BBSW-download/BBEdit-13.2_415025.dmg>
Enjoy,
R.
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Rich Siegel Bare Bones Software, Inc.
<sie...@barebones.com> <http://www.barebones.com/>
Someday I'll look back on all this and laugh... until they sedate me.
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