![]() ![]() There is a BBEdit Startup Items folder into which any file or application can be placed. BBEdit reads CodeWarrior and Symantec projects without a hitch.Īdditionally, BBEdit is fully scriptable using AppleScript and/or Userland Frontier. It can indent or unindent, comment or uncomment large chunks of code, and it facilitates project management. BBEdit handles code formatting issues easily. It is fast, provides split scroll, line numbering, a function pop-up menu and syntax coloring. For programmers, BBEdit provides an excellent alternative to integrated editors. There are a number of other extensions included with BBEdit that process text in other useful ways. I’ve focused on the HTML suite because those are the features with which I am most familiar. It’s impossible to discuss all of BBEdit’s features. While it’s a little on the slow side when compared to Anarchie or Fetch, the overall time-efficiency of this feature balances the scales. Files can be opened off of an FTP site as well. This prevents synchronization problems from occurring between local and remote copies of a site. Changes can be made, and upon saving, BBEdit will automatically upload the new file version via FTP. BBEdit has an integrated FTP facility that allows the user to FTP an HTML file directly to a remote location. Are you getting the picture yet?Īs if all of this wasn’t enough, with BBEdit, a webmaster can work on a web site remotely. Best of all, BBEdit offers unlimited undos and redos. Macros can be assigned keystroke shortcuts and/or set to repeat a designated number of times. This feature is incredibly useful! In addition, macros can be setup in a user friendly, point and click manner. Two files can even be compared and BBEdit will generate a list of differences. ![]() Multiple files can be searched and replaced in one command, nested folders can be included in the search, searches can include control characters (such as r for a carriage return or t for a tab) as fast as snapping you fingers. Additionally, BBEdit offers one of the best search and replace facilities I have encountered. One example is BBEdit’s ability to translate text into an HTML table. This architecture provides a pictorial view of a site’s hierarchy and easy access to any number of embedded files.Īlthough these features alone make BBEdit an attractive package for webmasters, its true strength is text manipulat- ion. Webmasters will appreciate BBEdit’s ability to create projects composed groups of files and directories. This feat- ure significantly reduces HTML authoring time.īBEdit provides an Internet menu, which allows the user to define and launch FTP client, mail client, web browser, NCSA client and other applications from within BBEdit by the click- ing a button. It allows the user to choose a browser, such as Netscape or Internet Explorer, and preview HTML code with the chosen browser by pressing three keys on the keyboard (Command-Control-P). BBEdit’s preview facility is also excellent. Reading HTML tags that are highlighted by color is far less strenuous on the eyes. The user defines words that will appear in different colors. These features are incredibly useful for managing online publications such as ATPM.įurthermore, BBEdit has syntax coloring. Among these are: generation of HTML code for almost any situation HTML syntax checking and a text spelling checker that ignores HTML tags. Its floating window provides a host of HTML features. Now, BBEdit is a full-fledged HTML editor. Bare Bones realized their utility and incorporated them into version 4.0. Its powerful Extension facility, made available early in version 3.0, prompted people to write HTML markup extensions. I generate, edit and manage sites using only BBEdit. In short, BBEdit is enormously helpful for executing a variety of tasks.Īs the webmaster for a handful of sites, ATPM included, I have found BBEdit to be an indispensable tool. I’ve even used BBEdit to recover data from corrupted files. Personally, I have found it useful for batch text processing as well. Although many still use it as an alternative editor, webmasters all over have discovered its value as an HTML tool. Yet BBEdit has grown from the modest programmer’s tool it once was. BBEdit was originally created for programmers who were dissatisfied with the editing capabilities of integrated programming environments such as Symantec’s Think C. It’s not a word processor keep that in mind. Simply stated, BBEdit is one of those rare programs that is hard to improve upon.īBEdit is a text editor. For the power user, it enables complete customization and total control over every intricate feature. For the modest user, BBEdit offers a host of features without a steep learning curve. Beyond its speed and flexibility lies an extremely well designed user interface. As a programmer, a webmaster and an genuine power user, I can honestly say that I have encountered few programs as valuable as BBEdit. ![]()
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