Re: Trying out BBEdit

2011-07-20 Thread Roland Küffner
Hi Am 19.07.2011 um 21:57 schrieb vr8ce: I'm looking for an option to have the insertion point follow the cursor. That is, if I'm at the top of a document, and hit the Page Down key three or four times, I want the current line to be the top of the window, so that, if I hit the down arrow,

Re: Trying out BBEdit

2011-07-20 Thread vr8ce
Move with cursor following: cmd + arrow up: top of document cmd + arrow down: EOF opt + arrow up: up one page opt + arrow down: down one page For scrolling (without taking insertion point with you): home key end key page up key page down key Plus the option mentioned by Kendall:

Re: Trying out BBEdit

2011-07-20 Thread vr8ce
And, wouldn't you know it, I re-read the top couple of paragraphs in the manual on that page immediately after hitting send, and see now how it discusses the insertion point. I was just looking at the description of the keys themselves. So, mea culpa, it is there, but it's still pretty obscure for

Re: Trying out BBEdit

2011-07-20 Thread Lorin Rivers
On Jul 19, 2011, at 14:57 , vr8ce wrote: I'm looking for an option to have the insertion point follow the cursor. That is, if I'm at the top of a document, and hit the Page Down key three or four times, I want the current line to be the top of the window, so that, if I hit the down arrow,

Trying out BBEdit

2011-07-19 Thread vr8ce
Trying BBEdit 10 on a MacBook Pro, OS X 10.6.8. I'm a semi-recent Windows switcher, and still in Windows regularly via Fusion (have to for some client programs, etc.). Most of my editing has thus been in the Windows environment. Overall I'm very impressed with BBEdit so far. I'm looking for an

Re: Trying out BBEdit

2011-07-19 Thread Kendall Conrad
Shortcut for scrolling window while keeping cursor position is control- up/down. You can also do control+option-up/down (for 3 lines) and control+option+command-up/down (for 6 lines). Tab size can be defined per document type in the preferences (at least for version 9). Preferences Languages

Re: Trying out BBEdit

2011-07-19 Thread vr8ce
On Jul 19, 4:40 pm, Kendall Conrad angelw...@gmail.com wrote: Shortcut for scrolling window while keeping cursor position is control- up/down. You can also do control+option-up/down (for 3 lines) and control+option+command-up/down (for 6 lines). Thanks, that one I knew. But I'm looking for an

Re: Trying out BBEdit

2011-07-19 Thread LuKreme
On Jul 19, 2011, at 1:57 PM, vr8ce wrote: Also, while the Preference window is open, clicking the ? button in the lower right results in a Help Viewer cannot open this content. error, and then a blank Help window. I suspect this will work tomorrow. -- He [Carrot] could lead armies, Angua

Re: Trying out BBEdit

2011-07-19 Thread Derik DeLong
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 3:39 PM, vr8ce ricepad...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, that one I knew. But I'm looking for an option for the insertion point to always follow the cursor. If I page down several pages, or even go straight to the bottom with the End key, I want the insertion point to go with

Re: Trying out BBEdit

2011-07-19 Thread steveax
On Jul 19, 3:39 pm, vr8ce ricepad...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, that one I knew. But I'm looking for an option for the insertion point to always follow the cursor. [snip] Why not just page down with option + down arrow then? Doesn't that do what you want? Does OMM, pages down and cursor ends