Re: Can't launch BBEdit

2021-07-19 Thread BGalindo
by the way, I had the very same problem in bbedit last week, searching this group helped me find the answer! thanks for this dialogue. I tried to execute a complex grep pattern in playground (which I realized too late I could greatly simplify :-) )on a .json dataset file and bbedit choked, I

Re: Can't launch BBEdit

2021-04-16 Thread Christopher Stone
On 04/16/2021, at 02:23, @lbutlr mailto:krem...@kreme.com>> wrote: > I added the BBEdit manual to my Books.app Library. Maybe I'll even remember > it's there the next time I am in desperate need, but I've been using BBEdit > for almost 20 years (yes, I'm a n00b) and this is the first time I

Re: Can't launch BBEdit

2021-04-16 Thread @lbutlr
On 15 Apr 2021, at 05:56, TJ Luoma wrote: > FWIW - I also keep a folder with software manuals at ~/Dropbox/Bookshelf/ > which has come in handy over the years. I added the BBEdit manual to my Books.app Library. Maybe I'll even remember it's there the next time I am in desperate need, but I've

Re: Can't launch BBEdit

2021-04-15 Thread TJ Luoma
On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 1:31 AM @lbutlr wrote: > I didn't have the manual saved off and couldn’t remember where it was stored, so I could not > access it from the help menu because I could not open Bbedit, so I guessed. Fortunately I did not > chose poorly (this time). It's also on the BBEdit

Re: Can't launch BBEdit

2021-04-14 Thread @lbutlr
On 11 Apr 2021, at 09:28, Patrick Woolsey wrote: > For general reference, if you've asked BBEdit to bite off more than it can > reasonably chew :-), please see the section "Launching BBEdit" (pg 44 in the > current edition) within Chapter 3 of the user manual[*]: I didn't have the manual

Re: Can't launch BBEdit

2021-04-11 Thread bruce linde
wait… there’s some kind of manual/instructions with this thing?!?8-) i constantly forget that the manual is pretty comprehensive and to check the damn thing. i loves my bbedit. > On Apr 11, 2021, at 8:28 AM, Patrick Woolsey wrote: > > For general reference, if you've asked

Re: Can't launch BBEdit

2021-04-11 Thread Patrick Woolsey
For general reference, if you've asked BBEdit to bite off more than it can reasonably chew :-), please see the section "Launching BBEdit" (pg 44 in the current edition) within Chapter 3 of the user manual[*]: Launching BBEdit To launch BBEdit, double-click the BBEdit application icon

Re: Can't launch BBEdit

2021-04-11 Thread @lbutlr
On 11 Apr 2021, at 03:25, @lbutlr wrote: > On 11 Apr 2021, at 00:03, @lbutlr wrote: >> On 10 Apr 2021, at 22:26, Tom Robinson wrote: >>> It won’t be doing the same search when you relaunch, it’s probably just >>> reopening the huge document. How long have you given it? >> >> Oh, 15 minutes?

Re: Can't launch BBEdit

2021-04-11 Thread @lbutlr
On 11 Apr 2021, at 00:03, @lbutlr wrote: > On 10 Apr 2021, at 22:26, Tom Robinson wrote: >> It won’t be doing the same search when you relaunch, it’s probably just >> reopening the huge document. How long have you given it? > > Oh, 15 minutes? Maybe a bit more. It's now been more than 3h20m,

Re: Can't launch BBEdit

2021-04-11 Thread @lbutlr
On 10 Apr 2021, at 22:26, Tom Robinson wrote: > It won’t be doing the same search when you relaunch, it’s probably just > reopening the huge document. How long have you given it? Oh, 15 minutes? Maybe a bit more. The reason I think it is doing the search is the the playground window is the

Re: Can't launch BBEdit

2021-04-10 Thread Tom Robinson
It won’t be doing the same search when you relaunch, it’s probably just reopening the huge document. How long have you given it? > On 2021-04-11, at 11:11, @lbutlr wrote: > > So, I was working on trying to write a regex for some data and using the umm… > search playground? Whatever it is

Can't launch BBEdit

2021-04-10 Thread @lbutlr
So, I was working on trying to write a regex for some data and using the umm… search playground? Whatever it is called. And I entered a search query which I expected would match several individual characters per line on a Gile containing 50-100 lines of sample data taken from the source file.