Re: Modifying encoding to UTF8 no BOM

This sounds to me like a job for a *text factory* with the _Change Text Encoding_ action. :-) For details, please see the section titled "Text Factories" starting on page 155 of the PDF manual (Help -> User Manual) and I reckon that should suffice to get you started. Regar

Re: finding a notebook - and sorry for such a newbie question

in the title bar to show its location. Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> On 2/11/24 at 11:17 PM, johnnyraga...@gmail.com (Johnny Ragadoo) wrote: Today I created a new notebook and ended up not being able to find it on my Mac. I can

Re: Saved search storage location

id alternative. Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- 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 posting

Re: Saved search storage location

PDF manual (pages 38-39 of the current edition), what you're looking for is: ~/Library/Application Support/BBEdit/Setup/Grep Patterns.xml and this file is readily transferrable. [PS: This would also be an entirely acceptable support question. :-) ] Regards Patrick Woolsey ==

Re: The Mysterious ~/Documents/BBEdit

The User Guide cautions against messing with this mysterious entity (humor intended.) Please heed the manual. :-) Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature requ

Re: Using ssh inside a Shell Worksheet

hich shell worksheets do not provide. Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "supp...@barebones.com"

Re: After finding a folder in Spotlight, BBEdit opens the folder instead of Finder

For reference, BBEdit is not "intercepting" anything; rather, whatever outcome you may see is coming from Spotlight (and/or the OS). Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> On 12/29/23 at 11:45 PM, malc...@not

Re: Backing up the currently open files list

ton in the alert, that will stop the window from closing. Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "supp...@

Re: Backing up the currently open files list

ents; so, may I ask whether this is *not* happening? > Is there is some place the list of currently open files are stored, e.g., > somewhere in the BBedit configuration data, and would it be possible to save > this file and then restore it to the configuration data? [...] I regret there

Re: Backing up the currently open files list

rather you ask than to miss a potential problem, and as always, tech support is the place to go. ;-) Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> On Dec 12, 2023, at 12:41, Byers Media wrote: > > Greetings all. I do not want to

Re: Backing up the currently open files list

ject"? The easiest way to obtain the behavior you want is to just quit the app (via File -> Quit or Command-Q) *without* closing any windows beforehand. :-) Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is th

Re: Extract a group of lines from a text file on Mac

I would start with the Text -> Process Lines Containing... command. :-) Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> > On Oct 25, 2023, at 13:40, Ross Madia wrote: > > See picture attached. > I have a log file (

Re: Soft-wrap: Can I toggle it with a command key, some how?

ed shortcut. (I've assigned F4 to this command for myself. :-) Please further note that you can also assign key shortcuts to most other commands, such as the 'At Page Guide' or 'At Window Width' wrap methods, or 'Show Invisibles, also a long-time favorite

Re: Preventing a newline from being recognized by [\s]+ *without* using [[:blank:]]

and I expect you aren't likely to encounter form feeds. :-) Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> > On Sep 24, 2023, at 12:48, Jim Witte wrote: > > I'm trying to create a pattern that will find two Chinese charac

Re: Setting colors for markdown headings in the editor

What you've got here, i.e. wanting to modify an intrinsic language's syntax coloring behavior, is a feature request and there's an app^H^Hemail address for that: supp...@barebones.com :-) Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.bareb

Re: General question: File not found

PS: The below should correct any such errors you encounter when accessing files within BBEdit; it will not however cure the Finder or other apps. Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> > On May 08, 2023, at 09:16, Patric

Re: General question: File not found

As a first step, please bring up BBEdit's Preferences window, select the Application pane and check to see whether sandbox access is allowed. In case it is not, please grant access to BBEdit and then try performing your searches (etc.) again. Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Sof

Re: Hard Wrap - Soft Wrap

I'm afraid the item at that link has run out of quota and can't be viewed. If however you want all the lines within a document to extend to their full width, then you should turn soft wrapping OFF. Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.

Re: Hard Wrap - Soft Wrap

As a starting point, I recommend you review "How BBEdit Wraps Text" (page 116) in Chapter 4 of the included PDF manual (available at any time via Help -> User Manual). Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> On Feb

bbedit@googlegroups.com

ot;BBEditPreferences.plist". Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "supp...@barebones.com"

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ripts, and/or text filters, you can also transfer those items from your original machine to the new one. For details on BBEdit's supporting items, including their locations, please see Chapter 2 of the included PDF manual (available at any time by choosing Help -> User Manual).

Re: Delete/Replace entire line after successful search

r suited to the latter.] Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> > On Oct 26, 2022, at 14:57, finestjava wrote: > > Having difficulty figuring out > how to delete the whole line when only parts are selected. > Ext

Re: Is it possible to Copy contents of multiple files at once?

Not as such, though you can navigate into the desired folder and use Command-A to select all the files it contains. Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> > On Oct 20, 2022, at 20:32, Tim A wrote: > > I tried this and

Re: Is it possible to Copy contents of multiple files at once?

I suggest you start by trying Edit -> Insert -> File Contents... to see if that does what you need. Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> > On Oct 19, 2022, at 18:32, a k wrote: > > I have a bunch of .txt f

Re: Auto Completion Junk

le clipping items, which you can locate and review, edit, or remove at any time by choosing BBEdit -> Folders -> Clippings to open the "Clippings" subfolder of BBEdit's app support folder in the Finder. Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <

Re: File filter appears to fail on jar file

from being searched at all, you can do so with a _folder filter_. Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> [PS: For anyone who's interested :-), I recommend you see the "File Filter" and "Folder Filter" sectio

Re: File filter appears to fail on jar file

earch compressed files" in the Options dialog of the Multi-File Search window. Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> > On Oct 17, 2022, at 19:37, Arthur Goldberg wrote: > > I like to use BBEdit's file filters.

Re: BBEdit really laggy in MacOS Ventura

se the Feedback Assistant to file a complete bug report with Apple, and they know how to find us if need be. :-) Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request

Re: Changing file NAMES with regex

to apply the desired name transformations.] Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "supp...@barebone

Re: AsciiDoc syntax highlighting

s.html > On 23 Feb 2022, at 17:43, Sam Birch wrote: >> And unless I’m mistaken, currently BBEdit does not use LSP information for >> syntax highlighting. > > [...] Do you mean it supports LSPs, but just doesn't use them for > highlighting? and this is also c

Re: Converting decimal value of some numbers using Grep

On 3/17/22 at 7:58 AM, neil.goo...@faiman.org (Neil Faiman) wrote: On Mar 16, 2022, at 5:24 PM, Patrick Woolsey wrote: In *Find: ^(\d+?)\.1 *what is the purpose of the question mark? [...] It makes matching "non-greedy", so the pattern won't try to extend beyond the first

Re: Converting decimal value of some numbers using Grep

see "Non-Greedy Quantifiers" in Chapter 8 (page 201) of the ubiquitous PDF manual. :-) ] Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need techni

Re: A Question Derived from Converting decimal value

Powerful" in Chapter 8 (page 202) of the current manual: Pattern Inserts = [...] \P the text matched by the subpattern NAME Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This

Re: Converting decimal value of some numbers using Grep

Though you can do this, you'll need to perform two search & replace passes: one for each value pair. Find: ^(\d+?)\.1 Replace: \1.33 and Find: ^(\d+?)\.2 Replace: \1.67 Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.

Re: ISPs that you like. I need a new one

ing some of you folks out there may have advice to offer and would appreciate same. Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical supp

Re: Multi-file search Operation not permitted by the OS

PS: In case you're still unsure after reading Rich's post :) please send a note to tech support and provide the full path of the directory (directories) in question. Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> > On Jan

Re: copying files from Finder into one text file

Please instead give the Edit -> Insert -> File Contents... command a try, and once you've brought up the file selection sheet, click the "Options" button at the lower left-hand corner as both provided options are relevant to your desired outcome. :-) Regards, Patrick

Re: Style all occurrences of text

ements. This is however a "fixed", string/pattern-driven solution rather than an interactive one of the sort you describe. (NB: We have previously gotten other requests for this general capability and it is on our radar; further than that, I cannot speculate. :-) Regards, Pat

Re: Executing Multiple Saved Regular Expressions

n in Chapter 5 of the PDF manual (starts on pg. 145 of the current edition). Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, pleas

Re: First Use - quick way to get a list of numbers for output

veat -- but an important one: Please be sure to select at least one character (which can be just a space) before applying this filter. (If you do _not_ do this then the filter will replace the entire contents of the active document with its own output.) Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones So

Re: Tabs for open docs

On Dec 10, 2021, at 13:23, Jagrut Sharma wrote: > > Hi all - Is there a way to keep docs open in a project in their own tabs? I > think it would be much easier to navigate if available. This is what a project's "Currently Open Documents" pane is for. :-) Regards,

Re: Syncing Application Support/BBEdit with Maestral

On 11/13/21 at 9:35 PM, boerm...@gmail.com (Oliver Boermans) wrote: > Has anyone attempted to sync BBEdit settings etc using this DropBox client? > https://maestral.app/ Perhaps an inquiry to support would not go amiss... :-) Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Softwar

Re: Extract matching lines from all open files

the 'Extract' command in the Multi-File Search window. ;-) Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email &q

Re: FTPS (FTP over TLS)

Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- 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 posting here. Follow @bbedit on

Re: Methods missing from function popup?

) your best bet for such a matter is to contact tech support via and provide an example. Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical

Re: Quick question about find / replace in selection

n? Yes :-) and in order to do this, please: * make the desired selection, then * bring up the Find window (Command-F), * enter the desired search & replace strings (or patterns), * turn on the "Selected text only" option, and * click "Replace All".

Re: Migrating to a new computer

gt; Excellent, happy I could be of help! Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "supp...@barebones.com&

Re: Split View possible?

that can host the same or different documents. In general :-) suggestions are best directed to support but I can say this capability has been requested before and is on our list (albeit I can't speculate on timing). Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. &

Re: Split View possible?

formally compare (diff) the contents of any two files, you can do so via the Search -> Find Differences command, whether invoked directly, via contextual menu, or via the 'bbdiff' tool. Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com

Re: Cleaning up soft returns in database field content

n the desired outcome, you can use Zap Gremlins and/or search & replace with characters in hex escape form (as detailed in Chapter 7 of the PDF manual). Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> [PS: You all didn't really t

Re: Mode line/emacs variables

ups with Emacs Variables" (page 261-262) in Chapter 10. (They're described rather than enumerated but hopefully that will suffice. ;-) You may also find Edit -> Insert -> Emacs Variable Block... to be useful. Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <

Re: Notes by project

anyway to use the new feature with a different notebooks for different projects? Or is it easier to just make a Project full of text/markdown files? At present, the latter route is the way to go; however, the former use case has not by any means passed by unconsidered. :-) Regards Patrick

Re: Use grep replacements in a text factory?

t factory 'Replace All' action is not an interactive search but a batch operation exactly equivalent to the 'Replace All' menu (and/or search window) command. Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is th

Re: Copying grep match to clipboard

initial non-blank lines to the > end of the document - but that seems kinda kludgy. If that is what you wish to accomplish then I don't see anything at all kludgy about the solution; it's an entirely valid transform. Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc.

Re: Copying grep match to clipboard

at you're trying to accomplish, then it would be helpful if you could provide an actual example, e.g. a pair of "before" and "after" documents Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> > On Aug 13, 2021, at

Re: Create script that attaches to menu command 'Run' in #!

x27;m not sure why I'm getting this message, since running build.sh directly > from the #! menu works fine. [...] Please see: https://www.barebones.com/support/bbedit/faqs.html#quarantine and its associated tech note: https://www.barebones.com/support/bbedit/quarantine.html :-) R

Re: Find and replace

section titled "Special Characters" in Chapter 7 of the included PDF manual (which you can open at any time via Help -> User Manual). > Is there some way of marking the question as answered or closed - I wouldn't > like to fall foul of protocol. Nothing so formal her

Re: Scripts

myself. Since it may be that you don't even need script(s) but could instead just create (one or a pair of) text factories, may I suggest you provide an example of each task, along with a bit of actual data? Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. &

Re: Window management and virtual desktop question

obble something up by generating Control- keystrokes to shift to a given space and then opening the desired document(s) for that space. (With however the caveat that even if this works, any such approach is going to be somewhat fragile.) Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software

Re: Window management and virtual desktop question

top#How_can_I_move_an_application_or_window_to_a_particular_DesktopSpace> Q: How can I move an application or window to a particular Desktop/Space? A: Unfortunately, Apple have provided no control or API over the Spaces system, so unfortunately Keyboard Maestro cannot help you control which Space an application or window is in. Regards Patrick W

Re: Window management and virtual desktop question

uld've been more specific :-) but though one can indeed move individual windows between spaces, there's no way to make that configuration persistent (as I construed the original intent to be :-). Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.bareb

Re: Window management and virtual desktop question

Alas, you are correct that Spaces just does not provide that sort of granularity: only the limited options you mention in the Dock, and none at all to apps _per se_. Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> On Jun 11, 2021, at

Re: Sync from filesystem to project folder

ects do -- please see my post just prior to this one. :-) Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "supp...@ba

Re: Sync from filesystem to project folder

them. Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- 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 posting here. Foll

Re: Sync from filesystem to project folder

o available within the included PDF manual, which is available at any time via Help -> User Manual. :-) ] Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request

Re: Moving files within a Project

the Finder :-) though you can use the 'Open with Finder' and/or 'Show in Finder' contextual menu commands to help speed the process along. Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is the BBEdit Talk publi

Re: Applying encoding changes?

t;Cop" and that copies the entire line. Though it's not automatic _per se_, Markup -> Utilities -> Translate Text to HTML with suitable options set will do the job. Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- Thi

Re: Handling dollar signs in search and replace

Good afternoon folks and just a gentle reminder that this thread is drifting rather far afield for relevance... ;-) Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> On 5/28/21 at 12:34 PM, duncan...@gmail.com (Duncan Thorne) wrote: Hi

Re: Text filters to format JSON and XML

For XML, there's Markup -> Tidy -> Reflow Document... (and its relatives ;-). Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> On 5/26/21 at 12:41 PM, artgoldb...@gmail.com (Arthur Goldberg) wrote: > I'm looking for te

Re: Viewing or detecting a BOM in a file

ch a way that I can actually > see the BOM? > Since under normal circumstances, BBEdit will not (and should not) read a BOM into the associated file's contents, you'll need to directly examine the disk file and File -> Hex Dump File... should do the job. :-)

Re: Need help accessing multiple files' content at the same time

OK, thanks and manual expansion & selection should suffice in this case, though probably not the general. :-) (PS: I suggest you switch the selection dialog to "List" mode rather than "Icon" or "Columns".) Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones

Re: Need help accessing multiple files' content at the same time

ct their contents. From curiosity :-) may I ask how approximately how many items the desired set of folders & files contains? Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a

Re: How does BBEdit handle the different file versions: on local drive/ on the server?

l info about all of BBEdit's other workings. ;-) You can access the manual at any time by choosing Help -> User Manual.] Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you ha

Re: Need help accessing multiple files' content at the same time

command Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> > On Apr 30, 2021, at 08:20, Howard wrote: > > I have a folder on my Mac with multiple text files. I need to run the same > Unix command line, which I have, on all of th

Re: Unicode regex matches 's' and 'k'

per the footer: 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 posting here. Thanks & regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc.

Re: Trying to remove all empty lines with this grep isn't working

may shed some light on the matter. If it doesn't, then a Zipped sample file is probably in order. [PS: You need not select anything before performing the Replace All _unless_ you need to limit the scope of this command to a specific part of the document via the "Search in: Selected te

Re: Trying to remove all empty lines with this grep isn't working

• Windows (CRLF) that can be matched with \r\n As a reminder, you needn't worry about matching all possible line ending conventions in your BBEdit search patterns; \n alone will suffice in essentially every instance. Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. &

Re: Using BBEdit for markdown presentation?

#x27;re related. That all said, the ability to work with 'sets' of associated Markdown files is a matter we have given some thought to over time, and if any of you folks have any _specific_ requests or suggestions[*] then you know the drill... ;-) [*: emphasis intentional :-) ]

Re: Keep Text Filter Output In Original Window

the document's contents). [PS: For reference please see the "Filters" section (pg. 355 currently) in Chapter 14 of the PDF manual. :-) ] [PPS: Shell worksheets by their nature do not redirect error output.] Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc.

Re: Can't launch BBEdit

unsaved changes. Command-Disable all external services and startup items, Control-Shift and optionally discard auto-recover [info] (which will result in the loss of any unsaved changes). [*: available at any time via Help -> User Manual ] Regards,

Re: Where Are Prefs for Open Windows in "Windows" Palette Saved?

the actual issue and it is therefore time to contact tech support. :-) Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> > On Mar 18, 2021, at 09:36, Bill Kochman wrote: > > Thanks for the suggestion, but what you describe is

Re: Reverse order of lines

, then create & apply the following: #!/bin/sh perl -e 'print reverse <>' [*: Please note that Text -> Sort Lines with "Reverse sort" enabled will re-sort the whole list into reverse alpha order rather than just 'flipping' it.] Regar

Re: Where is stored the mark-up file for all the tags?

On 3/1/21 at 9:29 AM, omne...@gmail.com (Omar KN) wrote: Where is stored the mark-up file for all the tags? I'm sorry but there are no user-serviceable parts under the hood :-), i.e. please do *not* attempt to edit anything within BBEdit's application bundle. Regards Patri

Re: How to collapse/expand search results?

he results list, just press Command-A to select all and then the left arrow key to collapse the selected items, or the right arrow key to expand them. (You can also use this method to collapse or expand any selected portion of the list.) Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Sof

Re: RegEx in JS question

er compatibility: <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions#browser_compatibility> Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you ha

Re: Can't open many files using "Open..." dialog

es), or do recognize but also know they aren't editable text (e.g. image files :-). Interestingly, Word docs (docx) are recognized ... That's because they're fundamentally just Zip archives with suitably structured contents. :-) Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones S

Re: Syntax checker- greyed out?

"Shebang Menu" section (starting on page 352) in Chapter 14 of the included PDF manual, which you can access any time via Help -> User Manual. Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discu

Re: Get path to $SHELL for a Text Filter

superfluous. Likewise, since BBEdit expects the filter to provide output on STDOUT, there's no need to pipe to the 'bbedit' tool, so please try this: #!/bin/zsh sort | uniq | sort -nr Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https

Re: Working with a directory view, can I show hidden files?

", ".Trash") appear in the sidebar of the affected project? Also, what happens if you create a new "instant" project that contains your home directory ('bbedit ~') and likewise set it to display "Everything"? Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bone

Re: Multi-File Search - I don't get the Filter to work!

If I may suggest, this sounds like a matter of situation-specific configuration which would be better reviewed with tech support than here in the discussion group. :-) Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> On 11/20/20 at 8:29 A

Re: is beside the emacs mode also a vi/vim mode available ?

I regret there are no shortcuts for vi as it's just not feasible to map the requisite key handling and modality onto BBEdit's native behaviors. Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> On 11/5/20 at 3:44 PM, maddi...@

Re: Searching all the files in a folder

access at any time via Help -> User Manual. Multi-file searches are covered in Chapter 7 "Searching", while you can find complete details (including some examples) on how to use grep patterns in Chapter 8 "Searching with Grep". Regards Patrick Woolsey == B

Re: [ANN] BBEdit 13.2 (415025) pre-release

t of order (but maybe that's just as well, after seeing what happened to the last person who tried to use it...! >;-) Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you h

Re: Assign shortcuts to scripts

a the "Scripts" section of the Menus & Shortcuts prefs pane, or to any available script via the Scripts palette (Window -> Palettes -> Scripts). Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is the BBEdit Talk

Re: Saving multiple open files

y shortcut Option-Command-S) that will do just what the doctor ordered. ;-) Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please em

Re: [ANN] BBEdit 13.1.2

available. What Sam said. :-) > Also, how does a "focused maintenance update" differ from just an update? > A focused maintenance update contains only changes and fixes, and does not introduce any new features. Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc.

Re: [ANN] BBEdit 13.1.2

the > release same build as last seed? > Neither :-), the last beta we posted here was BBEdit 13.1.2 (414055) while BBEdit 13.1.2 (414058) is indeed the public release. Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- Thi

Re: Document tree / outline / TOC for navigation?

; presumably in this case a "No". Though it's not possible to apply custom indentation to the contents of the Function popup, you can display those items in a separate (searchable) palette via Go -> Functions, in case that may help. :-) Regards, Patrick Woolsey == B

Re: How to actually set an expert preference?

lay only the documented expert prefs. One can however read _all_ of BBEdit's prefs via the 'defaults' command, though I strongly encourage anyone who does so to exercise due caution -- if you jump head first into the quicksand, we can always get you back out but you may not enjoy th

Re: How to actually set an expert preference?

btain the desired behavior. [*: In most cases, you need only copy & paste the provided command into the Terminal, though a few options contain placeholders that you'll need to replace with actual info before running.] Regards Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. &l

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