re: What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

I've been using for 20+ years. I make extensive use of its GREP for formatting or extracting data from text data files. One example is analyzing web access files to determine which files have been downloaded - a 20 MB set of log files is quickly reduced to a 2 MB sorted list, and then, using

Re: What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

What I like is I opened a 3.5GB file and, although I got the spinning pizza (wouldn't expect anything different), BBEdit opened it right up and let me use quick search without a hiccup. I could even drag the scroll thingy up and down, quickly, with no issues. That's what I like! Ted

Re: What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

> On Nov 27, 2018, at 17:44, Allen Watson > wrote: > > For me, one key feature is the robust support for regular expression search > and replace. I have dozens of saved patterns I use regularly, and two > AppleScripts that I’ve incorporated with regular

Re: What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

On Nov 29, 2018, at 6:09 AM, Daniel Palmer wrote: > > There are a couple of must haves for me. > > 1. The ability to open only files and not display the directories... I only > want my open files viewable. > 2. The Compare Mercy. I cannot say how nice it is to have the ability > to

Re: What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

Yes, you can do that, BUT that is just extra steps. I am looking to shave steps off my process. The root of the issue is these files are all opened via transmit and the path is an absurdly long temp space and it is a bit of pain to determine which version I am looking at if I have more than 2

Re: What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

On Nov 29, 2018, at 9:09 AM, Daniel Palmer wrote: > > I am going to figure out where to put in a feature request. I wanna have an > entry in the menu that will allow you compare the two most recently opened > files (vs comparing two windows or manually selecting the two files). I > spend

Re: What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

There are a couple of must haves for me. 1. The ability to open only files and not display the directories... I only want my open files viewable. 2. The Compare Mercy. I cannot say how nice it is to have the ability to see the highlighted differences side by side with ability to

Re: What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

Perfect answer (I'm another ~20 year user). Except I've never used Text>Prefix/Suffix. But I use Text>Process Lines... a lot. 邏 -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "supp...@barebones.com" rather than

Re: What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

one last thing i don't think anyone has mentioned: what you get for how little you have to pay. 8-) On Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 6:02:29 AM UTC-8, Cerulean wrote: > > I am just curious why someone may decide to choose BBEdit over other > programs, what draws does it have that

Re: What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

Over decades, BBEdit keeps consistency of a highly efficient and intuitive workflow in any kind of text editing and top level integration into the operating system, and this level of consistency and efficiency are never risked when introducing new features. I have used the free version I think

Re: What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

Since other editors also do everything I need — my needs are relatively minimal — the real answer is that the developers clearly love what they are creating, who talk to us as the people they are, and who treat us like real people. I trust them. On Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 9:02:29 AM

Re: What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 6:02 AM Cerulean wrote: > > I am just curious why someone may decide to choose BBEdit over other > programs, what draws does it have that others don't? > > Thanks for your answers! > The biggest reason I've used it and stuck with it for nearly 20 years is it is

Re: What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

For me, one key feature is the robust support for regular expression search and replace. I have dozens of saved patterns I use regularly, and two AppleScripts that I’ve incorporated with regular expression searches that I simply could not live without. > On Nov 27, 2018, at 6:20 AM, Kyle

Re: What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

:) I mean that bbedit is great on many many counts. There are numerous features that I could not live without. Color scheme and run modes are cool but there is much more. Great app -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support,

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OOPS: should be: Others apps might compare *in* features (not is) On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 8:59 AM Gerald Davenport wrote: > Hey Cerulean, and any other reading this months or years later, > > As I was writing, Blinde's message popped up. How the heck did blinde see > what I was writing? > >

Re: What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

Hey Cerulean, and any other reading this months or years later, As I was writing, Blinde's message popped up. How the heck did blinde see what I was writing? Everything Blinde wrote, other than tennis and the view, mine is a mountainous forest, is very similar to my history and feelings about

Re: What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

i'm a web developer, building sites with php and mysql (for the most part). although i don't use all of bbedit's functionality it's the ultimate power tool for what i (and apparently many others) do. the developers have always been incredibly responsive, supportive, proactive and consistently

Re: What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

On 11/26/2018, at 18:59, Cerulean mailto:ceruleanf...@gmail.com>> wrote: > I am just curious why someone may decide to choose BBEdit over other > programs, what draws does it have that others don't? Hey Cerulean, It's a solid editor with a large tool-set, and it's probably the most

Re: What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

On 27 Nov 2018, at 1:59, Cerulean wrote: I am just curious why someone may decide to choose BBEdit over other programs, what draws does it have that others don't? - this group. I've put once a question in the official Sublime Text group. I've got an answer a good couple of months after it.

Re: What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

On 11/27/2018, at 08:15, Gauvins mailto:gauvi...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Wrt to critical features... The ability to run Python in the terminal and > color schemes come to mind, but it mischaracterizes my appreciation. Hey Gauvins, Huh? That's very vague. Please be more specific. -- Best

Re: What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

Le 27/11/2018 à 01:59, Cerulean a écrit : I am just curious why someone may decide to choose BBEdit over other programs, what draws does it have that others don't? I can only give a subjective answer, because I never go far comparing it with others (time to re adapt, laziness). I surprise

Re: What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

On 27 Nov 2018, at 1:59, Cerulean wrote: what draws does it have that others don't? It works, it has a "solid feel" to it, it does everything I need (mostly the way I want to do it), great support, when I want to do something new it's usually already implemented and "it still doesn't suck"

Re: What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

I love the Project view, it keeps my text docs organized. I'm not even a programmer. On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 9:02 AM Cerulean wrote: > I am just curious why someone may decide to choose BBEdit over other > programs, what draws does it have that others don't? > > Thanks for your answers! > > --

What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

Was using textwrangler (now deprecated I believe)) and wanted some of the more advanced features offered by bbedit. Wrt to critical features... The ability to run Python in the terminal and color schemes come to mind, but it mischaracterizes my appreciation. -- This is the BBEdit Talk

What about BBEdit attracts you to the program over others?

I am just curious why someone may decide to choose BBEdit over other programs, what draws does it have that others don't? Thanks for your answers! -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "supp...@barebones.com"