How to spellcheck every line in a document?

2022-03-20 Thread Allen Hancock
Normally BBEdit skips lines in a document when it (thinks it's code?) Sometimes I need it to spellcheck lines which are code. I think I can make this happen if I change the file's "type" from the menu at the bottom (eg changing from "Unix Shell Script" to "none") but that also removes helpful col

Sorting by text position in BBEdit - making in the best spreadsheet editor ever

2012-04-24 Thread Allen Hancock
I get a lot of tabular text data I need to edit on a regular basis. Excel mungs the data, where BBEdit just works. However, I frequently need to sort the lines by the second/third/etc column, as defined by tabs in between the columns. I'm not much on grep, so if someone would help out with the

Re: How to expand tabs to align text

2012-05-21 Thread Allen Hancock
Here's the way I was told: Paste the information into a document, select-all then choose Show Fonts (Command T) and at the bottom you can set your tab width. I use this ALL the time, BBEdit is so far superior than Excel or Numbers, for it's ability not to mung the data I'm working with. If a

Re: Files reopen even though reopen documents is unchecked in preferences

2012-06-23 Thread Allen Hancock
On Jun 23, 2012, at 8:30 PM, Dan Poynor wrote: > Files or projects I previously had open on quitting reopen each time I launch > BBEdit (10.1.2). > > In the Application Preferences pane the checkbox is unchecked for "Reopen > documents that were open at last quit". > > Is there something else

Re: Sorting by text position in BBEdit - making in the best spreadsheet editor ever

2018-02-27 Thread Allen Hancock
Resurrecting this old thread of mine, what would the syntax be to sort by a specific column, regardless of content.. So, sort on column 8, etc. Thanks all! On Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 10:17:52 PM UTC, Lewis Butler wrote: > > On Apr 23, 2012, at 20:43, Allen Hancock wrote: > > Giv

Re: How to Force BBEdit Open Docs in Dock Menu to Always List Alphabetically

2018-03-12 Thread Allen Hancock
This isn't a direct answer to your question, but is how I gain sanity in these regards: I use the Windows palette, and close/reopen it was needed. >From the Window menu, choose Palettes -> Windows It will list all open windows in alphabetical order, then add new ones to the bottom. This is perf

Re: How to Force BBEdit Open Docs in Dock Menu to Always List Alphabetically

2018-03-12 Thread Allen Hancock
controlled by the Mac OS, and > not by BBEdit. It would be nice though to receive an official response from > Rich or Patrick. :) > > Thanks again. Kind regards, > > Bill Kochman > > >> On Mar 12, 2018, at 9:38 AM, Allen Hancock wrote: >> >> T