BBEdit: it doesn't suck
new features keep it the TOP text editor
You've heard us rave about BBEdit before. It's the second piece of software installed on all our Macs after the OS apps. BBEdit runs on all of our Macs, all day, every day -- flawlessly -- filling all kinds of needs for managing, manipulating, originating, comparing and editing text. It parses and fixes bad html and XML code generated by iWeb, GoLive, Dreamweaver and numerous other so-called WYSIWYG web creation software. It won't mung your email or wordprocessing docs like Microsoft products. It reads, parses, sorts and compares any text file no matter how large or sophisticated... like online forum logs, web server logs and raw database files. Its search and replace functions include grep and are literally unmatched in the computer industry. I'm using it right now, in fact.Now Bare Bones Software has rolled out the next BBEdit upgrading it to version 8.6. It's significantly improved language support, new commands and features, and much more. BBEdit 8.6 is also a maintenance release that fixes reported issues and adds several other refinements to this award-winning HTML and text editor.
BBEdit 8.6 includes greatly enhanced Java and TeX language support, and adds support for the "Markdown" structured text format. The improved Java support includes code folding, inner-class and interface recognition in the function menu, and folding for functions and code blocks. The changes to the TeX language support bring code folding for sections, improved detection of sections and environments for the function popup, improved math-mode, and greatly enhanced LaTeX support. The Markdown support includes coloring and folding of document structural elements, as well as the ability to preview the finished document using the innovative "Preview in BBEdit" command.
Version 8.6 offers new "Save as Styled HTML" and "Copy as Styled HTML" commands. These commands generate HTML code duplicating the layout and text styles of syntax-colored code, and are ideal for creating Web pages that include code examples.
BBEdit 8.6 can now read and write the "binary property list" format, primarily used for preferences files beginning with Mac OS X 10.4. The ability for BBEdit to seamlessly open and save of gzip-compressed (.gz) text files, extends to binary property lists that are themselves gzip-compressed.
It definitely does NOT suck!
BBEdit 8.6: Detailed information on all of the changes and improvements implemented can be found at: www.barebones.com
* download a fully functional demo version
BBEdit 8.6 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later, and is available at a suggested retail price of US$125. Registered owners of BBEdit 8 can upgrade for US$30; registered owners of BBEdit 7 and older can upgrade for US$40. Educational discounts and site license pricing, for both new purchases and upgrades, are also available.
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