first off, why wouldn’t you save them? second, hold the option key while viewing the file menu… you’ll see ’save all’ 😇
> On Mar 29, 2021, at 8:20 AM, Steve Weiss <[email protected]> wrote: > > I use BBEdit as my general purpose clipboard and I've amassed over a thousand > unsaved documents, which I still will refer back to even years after they > were created. Every time BBEdit restarts those unsaved files are still > there. They never go away. I don't close them all because I want to retain > the information within them, but, lately it's become a problem because at > startup BBEdit will load this 1K files, some of which contain hundreds of MB > of data. This then slows down my computer, slows down BBEdit, and generally > just makes life harder. > > What I would like to do, is take all of these unsaved, untitled documents and > save them all out to a folder so that I can just grep through them without > having to use the Find feature in BBEdit - and then close all of the > documents so I don't have to keep reopening all of them. > > How can I do this without having to press save on every single file > individually? I've seen applescripts but they all seem to assume the files > have already been saved once. > > Thanks for any advice! > <RSImage.png> <https://rs3.wgacany.com/rs/a0KbbovC> > Steve Weiss | CTO > 347-308-5377 | [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > 812 Jersey Ave, 8th Fl, Jersey City, NJ 07310 > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature > request or need technical support, please email "[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on > Twitter: <https://twitter.com/bbedit <https://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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/645a86a2-a024-4c12-8876-60388030fc16n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/645a86a2-a024-4c12-8876-60388030fc16n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. bruce linde 5 happiness webmaster (four more than the competition!) http://www.5happy.com/ http://clockhappy.com/ 510.530.1331 office 510.206.9730 mobile (shift key available upon request) -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/2AEA40FB-6237-4E75-85BF-73151037C118%405happy.com.
