6/21/2023 0 Comments Bbedit 11 couponSimilarly, New Line Before (Command-Shift-Return) and New Line After (Command-Return) are just faster ways of inserting lines above and below the current line, without having to arrow to the correct location first.įaster, Easier Find Differences - As we write and edit TidBITS articles in BBEdit, saving versions with Subversion, we often need to compare different versions. These aren’t ground-breaking, but they’ll make certain tasks faster. New commands in the Edit menu enable you to move the current line up or down (Control-up arrow and Control-down arrow make it more fluid), and Delete Line (Control-Shift-Delete) removes the current line instantly. Those who use BBEdit for coding or authoring HTML will probably appreciate the next features even more than we prose writers, due to the focus on lines. Since varied word choice is important in keeping writing fresh, I’m psyched to use this capability - did I really write “features” that many times? This is surprisingly interesting I merely have to arrow over or select the word “BBEdit” and all other instances of that word in the document are automatically underlined. BBEdit 11 now features automatic highlighting - via a subtle underline - of words or phrases that match selected text or the word containing the insertion point. Let’s look at the new version’s key changes.Įditing Enhancements - I betray my calling as a writer of prose here, but BBEdit’s editing improvements are more important to me than anything else. It’s a bit like replacing parts of a building’s foundation while it’s still being inhabited.) Rich told me he found himself replacing code that had been working fine since 1989 but that couldn’t support the new features Bare Bones wanted to add. (As an aside, these changes required far more coding work behind the scenes than is obvious to the user, because BBEdit has such a long history. I proved this to myself by launching BBEdit 11 and starting writing this article, without the least stumble over anything unfamiliar. If you’ve been using BBEdit for years, like I and most loyal customers have, why would you want that? What we want are changes that we can exploit immediately to work faster and more productively. It has a small number of marquee changes, and even those won’t change how you work with the app. That certainly explains iTunes.īBEdit 11 is in some ways the anti-iTunes. The developer has no further incentive to make you happy and has no financial incentive to do anything but chase additional potential customers. But I digress.) There’s a corollary, which is that if you use a product that promises free upgrades for life, like Apple requires of everything in the App Store and Mac App Store, you cease to be the customer as soon as you purchase. (That’s not really true in fact, some minuscule amount of information about you is aggregated with similar information about a vast number of other people to make the product. It’s often said that if you use a free service like Gmail, you’re the product, not the customer. We’re the ones that Rich Siegel and company are trying to please. Why would I be happy about the opportunity for current users to spend money? Because it reinforces the fact that we are Bare Bones’ customers. #1656: Passcode thieves lock iCloud accounts, the apps Adam uses, iPhoto and Aperture library conversion in Venturaīare Bones Software has released BBEdit 11, a notable upgrade to the venerable text editor that, I’m extremely pleased to say, requires an upgrade fee.#1657: A deep dive into the innovative Arc Web browser.#1658: Rapid Security Responses, NYPD and industry standard AirTag news, Apple's Q2 2023 financials. #1659: Exposure notifications shut down, cookbook subscription service, alarm notification type proposal, Explain XKCD.#1660: OS updates for sports and security, Drobo in bankruptcy, why TidBITS doesn't cover rumors.
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