

đ - Filip Stokkeland July 22, 2021Ä«Bedit like: We learnt a lot of you use unsaved untitled texts as notices, so we built this as a new feature! Me: I DONâT HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOUâRE TALKING ABOUT! Also Me:Ä«Bedit like: We learnt a lot of you use unsaved untitled texts as notices, so we built this as a new feature! (I have slightly less than 305 untitled documents, but will probably benefit greatly.)Äifference with Drafts is availability on iOS/iPadOS, I guess. I also use Drafts, and I'm really looking forward to checking out this new Notes thingie in 14. (I have slightly less than 305 untitled documents, but will probably benefit greatly.) I also use Drafts, and Iâm really looking forward to checking out this new Notes thingie in BBEdit 14. I'll be cracking open the ol' wallet today.- Tim Weigel, Data, uh, Guy July 21, 2021
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Looking over list of new features in 14, and that new Notes functionality - worth the upgrade cost *just* for that (dang, it's like they know their user base!). Iâll be cracking open the olâ wallet today. Looking over BBEditâs list of new features in 14, and that new Notes functionality - worth the upgrade cost just for that (dang, itâs like they know their user base!). The reactions on Twitter to this new feature:

The biggest feature in this version is Notes. Go through that to get the complete picture. If you are a coder, my comments on BBEdit are not going to be relevant to you.ÄȘs usual, BBEdit does a great job of documenting everything that has changed in their release notes. Blog posts, books, articles and doodles in text is what I use it for. My perspective on BBEdit is that of a person who uses it to write. I ponied up the upgrade price and proceeded to test it out. BBEdit 13: It Sucks a Little is what I had to say about it.Ä«BEdit got upgraded to version 14 and in spite of my best intentions I couldnât resist 1.
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I promised myself that I wouldnât update to the next version of BBEdit based on my experience with BBEdit 13. If thereâs a feature that doesnât exist, you can often create it.BBEdit 14 icon BBEdit 14 Protects You From âUntitled Textâ Infestation Select (characters (_selectionstart - _cursor + _smart) through (_selectionstart - 1))Ä«eing able to add this type of functionality to BBEdit is what makes it a great program. Select (characters (_selectionstart - _cursor) through (_selectionstart - 1)) If _smart is _cursor or (_cursor - _selectLength = _smart) then Check if smart position is where cursor is, if so select from start of line If _smart > _cursor then set _smart to _cursor Set _smart to length of (found text of theResult) Tell the selection to set searching in line _n Grab line number and offset of text cursor Tell application "BBEdit" to tell front window Hit a second time will go to true home position of line. First will go to right before first visible character on line. For TextWrangler, the below scripts only need to be changed on the tell application line at the top, which simply requires switching BBEdit to TextWrangler. Personally, I used command + left for the move and shift + command + left for the select as my shortcuts since I already use these to move/select to the beginning of the line. In the palette that comes, up select the script from the list and click the Set Key button at the top. You can assign a keyboard shortcut for it as well. Save the scripts into the Scripts folder for BBEdit or TextWrangler ( ~/Library/Application Support/BBEdit/Scripts/).
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To use, copy the scripts below and open up AppleScript Editor (called Script Editor prior to OS 10.6) and paste the code into a new document (I chose names âSmart Home Moveâ and âSmart Home Selectâ). For the select version of the script, it will select the text from the found home position to the cursor or end of the currently selected text. If you are any other place on the line, then you will be taken to the first visible character. If you are already at the first visible character, then the script will take you to the start of the line. The behavior is: If your text cursor is currently at the start of the line, the script will move it to the first visible character on the line. The script works in both BBEdit and TextWrangler. The behavior is often seen in IDE software, such as NetBeans.

As part of a recent discussion on BBEdit Talk at the Google Groups web site, I helped create a AppleScript script for moving the text cursor to the first letter on the current line or the start of the line as well as an additional script for doing a select with the move.
