Oh I should add - I don't really need to remember where the notes are. I just use Multi-File search across all open text documents. It's usually pretty effective. There have been times though where I've sat clicking through my last 10-15 unsaved files one by one. Trust me, the payback has been happening!
BBEdit does seem to have the files all on disk but they all appear to be encrypted or encoded in some way, I couldn't just grep for things in them. On Monday, March 29, 2021 at 11:38:39 AM UTC-4 Bruce Linde wrote: > On Mar 29, 2021, at 8:29 AM, Steve Weiss <st...@wgacany.com> wrote: > I see that option but then I still have to name each file and press save > on each one. I really just want to save them all with their "untitled text > xxxx" as the filename in one operation and not have to confirm the filename > on each document. Otherwise this could take several hours. > It's a clipboard, I'll copy a column out of excel, paste it in, run a > regex, and paste it back, several times a day. Or, I'll take a forum post, > and instead of typing it in on the website (and risk losing it due to an > errant click or back button) I'll write it in BBEdit and paste it in when > I'm done, etc, etc (I am doing this, right now). Or it could be a > confirmation code someone gave me over the phone, or a password (I know, I > know, I am not as security obsessed as thou). Especially because I know > BBEdit won't lose any of these snippets, I just go about my life and don't > take the time to sit here and decide, yes, this should be saved and this > shouldn't. Maybe my life is just too busy, maybe I'm just lazy, maybe a > little bit of both. But now I'd really just like to be able to start > BBEdit without waiting 20 minutes and I also don't want to lose all of > these snippets, some of them might be important one day. I'm a digital > hoarder. > > > > > you’re not just a digital hoarder, you’re a DHP… a digital hoarder > procrastinator. 8-) > > i can’t even fathom how you would know which file contains what you need > when you need it, but you should have been naming them as you went. it’s > payback time. > > you’ll probably need an AppleScript to automatically hit ’save’ for you as > it cycles through all of the windows… but would still end up with > ‘untitled_text_257.txt’, etc. > > of course, bbedit might actually be saving the ‘unsaved’ docs somewhere… > perhaps someone from the mothership can comment on that. > > and… it really wouldn’t take you that long to click ’save’ 1000x during > the process…. organize some paperwork, line up your taxes, whatever, while > monitoring the screen (or call your mother) > > > > > > > > > > > > > <RSImage.png> <https://rs3.wgacany.com/rs/a0iDFok4> > > Steve Weiss | CTO > 347-308-5377 <(347)%20308-5377> | st...@wgacany.com > 812 Jersey Ave, 8th Fl, Jersey City, NJ 07310 > > On Monday, March 29, 2021 at 11:24:14 AM UTC-4 Bruce Linde wrote: > >> 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 <st...@wgacany.com> 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! >> <https://rs3.wgacany.com/rs/a0KbbovC> >> Steve Weiss | CTO >> 347-308-5377 <(347)%20308-5377> | st...@wgacany.com >> 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 "sup...@barebones.com" >> rather than posting here. 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