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TextWrangler updated to version 4.5.2
As TidBITS kindly notes, TextWrangler has been updated to version 4.5.2, and the latest update is available for download right now. As you can see from the release notes, there are lots and lots of different bugfixes in this one, including problems with the Clipboard, various menu and display graphics, and some issues with saving and opening files. TextWrangler is, of course, the free "little brother" to BBEdit, but still a very powerful and capable text editor on its own. BBEdit itself was also updated recently, with the latest version numbered 10.5.4.
Bare Bones Software launches TextWrangler 4.5 with Retina support and more
Since the release of BBEdit 10.5 last fall, Bare Bones Software has been working on bringing some of its features -- including support for Retina displays -- to its free text editor, TextWrangler. Today, those efforts have resulted in the release of TextWrangler 4.5, still free and sporting a number of enhancements brought over from its for-pay sibling. Retina support, Bare Bones tells us, was something users have been requesting since mere seconds after the announcement of the MacBook Pro with Retina display. As it turns out, implementing the feature is a fairly massive undertaking, requiring significant changes to large portions of TextWrangler's core -- all for something that non-Retina users will never see. Still, the work's been done, and Retina fans will definitely appreciate the results. All users will see a refreshed document view, which borrows from the one introduced in BBEdit 10.5 and features a sidebar providing quick access to open and recently opened documents. Lion users can now run TextWrangler fullscreen, while everyone will get a new preferences screen, switchable color-coding schemes, file versioning using save points and a Go menu offering user-set navigation points through a history of document changes. You can see the full list of enhancements at the Bare Bones site. TextWrangler 4.5 can be downloaded directly from the developer or via the Mac App Store.
Daily Update for April 10, 2012
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TextWrangler 4.0: Now even better, still free
The good folks over at Bare Bones Software have just released version 4.0 of their classic and free text editor for Mac OS X, TextWrangler. I talked with Bare Bones head wrangler Rich Siegel a few weeks ago about what was set to come out, and the company has basically added a lot of great new features to a classic app. Siegel noted that the previous version of the app pre-dates OS X Lion, so it needed a bit of refreshing. TextWrangler 4.0 works only on Intel-based Macs running OS X 10.6 and later. They'll be shipping the new version through the Mac App Store and the Bare Bones site -- Siegel said they'd prefer to be shipping only through their own store, as the App Store tends to "isolate the customer from the developer." Under the hood, Siegel says the new version of TextWrangler has all of the major performance improvements that were built into BBEdit 10. You can now search and read text compressed inside of zip files -- to modify those text files, you'll still need BBEdit 10. Rich also noted that BBEdit is coming up on a whopping 20 years of life as a Mac app -- that's an incredible run for a Mac developer. Check out the press release below for further details on the goodies available in TextWrangler 4.0. Show full PR text Bare Bones Software Releases TextWrangler 4.0 Major Upgrade Highlights Advanced Power and Streamlined Interface BEDFORD, Mass. - April 10, 2012 - Bare Bones Software today announced the release and immediate availability of TextWrangler(tm) 4.0, a major upgrade to its high performance, general purpose text editor for Mac OS X. TextWrangler 4 introduces new editing and disk browser window layouts, switchable syntax color schemes, and seamless preservation of open documents on relaunch. In addition, TextWrangler 4 also includes a completely re-imagined Preferences window, new Setup window, a streamlined filtering and automation interface, new support for Verilog and VHDL, plus a new modeless "Open File by Name" feature with efficient search-as-you-type results. TextWrangler 4 includes other significant performance and user interface enhancements. In TextWrangler 4, the new editing window now presents a streamlined layout with easy, direct access to both open and recent documents. When run on Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), TextWrangler 4 also supports "Full-screen" mode and "any edge" window resizing. Upon quitting, TextWrangler 4 now automatically remembers the contents of unsaved documents, and restores them the next time it is launched. The completely re-imagined Preferences window in TextWrangler 4 makes customization easier than ever before. For example, a new "Text Colors" preference panel now makes it easy to create and switch between different color schemes. In addition, a new Setup window provides a central location to manage configuration, including FTP/SFTP bookmarks, grep patterns and file filters. Access to text filters and scripts is now streamlined, plus TextWrangler 4 now has the ability to treat AppleScripts, Automator actions and Unix scripts as co-equal and all may be used as text filters or run directly as scripts. Detailed information on changes and improvements implemented in TextWrangler 4 can be found at: For more information on TextWrangler, please visit the company's web site: TextWrangler 4 requires Mac OS X 10.6 or higher (10.6.8, or 10.7.3 or later recommended). All Mac OS X users may download TextWrangler 4 free of charge from the Mac App Store or the Bare Bones Software web site: Text Engine for the Mac Community --------------------------------- Crafted in Bare Bones Software's best traditions as a leading Mac software developer, TextWrangler is a powerful general purpose text editor. It features a clean and easy-to-use interface and a rich set of features for composing and manipulating text. Additional information can be found on the company's web site at: About Bare Bones Software, Inc. ------------------------------- Bare Bones Software, Inc. develops leading-edge power tools for the Mac. The company's passion for creating deeply functional software with a clean, effective interface has earned it devotion from Mac users worldwide, plus quite a few awards. For more information, visit . TextWrangler, Yojimbo, WeatherCal and the Bare Bones Software logo are trademarks of, and BBEdit and "It doesn't suck" are registered trademarks of Bare Bones Software, Inc. Copyright (c) 2012, all rights reserved. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. ==end==
BBEdit 10.0: Venerable Mac text editor gets a huge update
When developers, writers, web devs, scientists, and system admins need a full-powered Mac HTML and text editor, they often turn to BBEdit from Bare Bones Software. BBEdit 10.0 has just been released, with a ton of new features. I'm not kidding about the weight of those new features -- during an hour-long phone call with Bare Bones Software CEO and founder Rich Siegel, we were only able to touch on the top items. Foremost among the improvements is a feature that's invisible, at least until you start really pushing the app hard: the enhanced performance of the new version of BBEdit. The project and editing windows have a similar layout making access to open and recent documents a click away. Projects include a Unix worksheet and scratchpad, which to me (not a developer) seemed like magic, allowing terminal scripts to run within the worksheet. A new HTML Tools palette makes generating error-free HTML a snap, and even partially completed documents can be displayed with "Preview in BBEdit." As much as I love Brett Terpstra's new Marked app for previewing Markdown, BBEdit 10.0 does a great job of supporting Markdown and the results can be previewed right within the app. (Sorry, Brett.) I was pretty impressed with Siegel's demonstration of using color schemes for projects. BBEdit 10.0 is using a number of schemes developed by Daring Fireball blogger and Markdown inventor John Gruber. As a Dropbox fan, I was really happy to see how Dropbox is now used as a sync point for BBEdit configuration between computers or workgroups. To do this, a folder titled "Application Support" is added to Dropbox and the BBEdit config files are copied to it. The next time BBEdit launches, it recognizes the Dropbox folder and uses it. It's a perfect way to keep projects and settings synced between Macs. %Gallery-128652% As expected, BBEdit 10.0 is Lion-ready. It doesn't require the latest OS, but does require an Intel-based Mac. BBEdit 10.0 uses its own Auto-Save capabilities, saving documents, windows positions, and more when quitting. If you have to Force Quit the app for some reason or the app crashes, it saves the current state in an auto-recovery file that it will try to open at the next launch. I asked Siegel about some other Lion features, such as file versioning. He said that their primary goal with 10.0 was to get all 124 new features out to developers as quickly as possible, and that they'll add more Lion-specific features now that the app is on the market. One other feature that was impressive to see in action was read/write support of compressed files. As an example, Siegel did a global find and replace in a compressed 190 MB file. There were 360149 changes made in a very short amount of time, which really speaks to the speed of BBEdit 10.0. Saving files recompresses them, as the company wants to make it as easy to work in zip files as any other file type. This feature will be very useful to those who are working with EPUB files. Speaking of ebooks, you'll be amazed to know that BBEdit 10.0 comes complete with a 380-page PDF user manual. Yes, it takes that amount of space to describe all of the features and tricks of the trade that are built into BBEdit. Along with the huge number of new features comes a new lower price point. In the past, BBEdit sold for US$99.99. As an introductory price (and for upgrades and new purchases made from the Mac App Store), BBEdit 10.0 will be available for $39.99 through October 19, 2011. After that time, the price goes up slightly to $49.99. Those who already own BBEdit and purchased it after January 1, 2011 get a free update and will be notified by the company. Show full PR text FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Naomi Pearce, 510-528-0824, Bare Bones Software Ships BBEdit 10.0 Major New Version Plus Lion Compatibility for Professional Mac Text Editor Paves the Way For Getting Work Done More Easily BEDFORD, Mass. - July 19, 2011 - Bare Bones Software today announced the release and immediate availability of BBEdit(r) 10.0, a major new version of the professional strength HTML and text editor for the Mac. BBEdit 10 introduces new project and document editing windows, an all-new HTML Markup panel and palette, and integrated support for working directly with documents stored in Zip archives. In addition, BBEdit 10 introduces switchable syntax color schemes, seamless preservation of open documents on relaunch, and support for using Dropbox to share application configuration and setup data. BBEdit 10 also includes a completely re-imagined Preferences window, along with significant performance and user interface enhancements. "We have a long and distinguished history of delivering dramatic upgrades to BBEdit, and version 10 is no exception," said Rich Siegel, founder and CEO of Bare Bones Software, Inc. "Everything in this new version is designed to improve the working life of the professionals -- including web authors, software developers, scientists, system admins, and writers -- that rely on BBEdit. We leave it to our customers to decide which of the hundred or so additions, changes, and refinements they like the best." In BBEdit 10, new project and editing windows now share a unified layout with easy, direct access to both open and recent documents, while projects also now include a dedicated Unix worksheet and scratchpad. The reinvented HTML Tools palette and markup panel allow more flexibility, while "Preview in BBEdit" now supports templates for displaying content from partial documents. For EPUB ebook developers, BBEdit 10 now supports editing and saving documents directly within Zip archives, as well as performing multi-file search-and-replace operations and applying text factories to files within Zip archives, all without requiring cumbersome manual de- and recompression. BBEdit's new "Text Colors" preference panel now makes it easy to create and switch between different color schemes. Upon quitting, BBEdit 10 now automatically remembers the contents of unsaved documents, and reopens exactly as it was when last quit. For customers who use multiple machines, BBEdit's application support data can now reside in a Dropbox folder, shared between multiple BBEdit installations. A completely re-imagined Preferences window permits easy customization, while a new Setup window provides a central location to manage configuration, including FTP/SFTP bookmarks, grep patterns, file filters and web site configurations. Access to text filters and scripts is now streamlined, plus BBEdit 10 now has the ability to treat AppleScripts, Automator actions, text factories, and Unix scripts as co-equal and all may be used as text filters or run directly as scripts. BBEdit 10 also supports "packages" to simplify adding related configuration items, such as language modules, clippings, and scripts. Detailed information on changes and improvements implemented in BBEdit 10 can be found at: For more information on BBEdit, or to download a fully functional demo version, please visit the company's web site: BBEdit: Power Tool for Text --------------------------- BBEdit is the leading professional-strength HTML and text editor for the Mac. Crafted to serve the needs of Web and software developers, this award-winning product provides a vast number of helpful features for editing, searching, and manipulation of text. BBEdit enjoys legendary status for reliably transforming text with high performance. BBEdit requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later (10.6.8 recommended), and is compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. Pricing and Availability ------------------------ BBEdit 10 has a suggested retail price of US$49.99. Through Oct. 19, 2011, BBEdit 10 is available at an introductory price of US$39.99 from Bare Bones Software or the Mac App Store. Anyone who purchased BBEdit on or after January 1, 2011 will be eligible for a free upgrade and automatically notified: customers who purchased from the Mac App Store will receive the upgrade automatically; and qualifying registered customers will receive an email notification from Bare Bones Software. Any registered owner of BBEdit can upgrade for US$39.99 directly from the Bare Bones Software online store: BBEdit 10 may be purchased directly from Bare Bones Software, the Mac App Store and numerous other Macintosh software resellers. For a partial listing of domestic and international resellers, please visit: Site license pricing is also available. For details please visit the company's online store, send email to , or call (978) 251-0500. About Bare Bones Software, Inc. ------------------------------- Bare Bones Software, Inc. develops leading-edge power tools for the Mac. The company's passion for creating deeply functional software with a clean, effective interface has earned it devotion from Mac users worldwide, plus quite a few awards. For more information, visit . TextWrangler, Yojimbo, WeatherCal and the Bare Bones Software logo are trademarks of, and BBEdit and "It doesn't suck" are registered trademarks of Bare Bones Software, Inc. Copyright (c) 2011, all rights reserved. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. ==end==
TUAW's Daily Mac App: TextWrangler
Trawling through and editing code can be loveless task. TextWrangler is a free app from the Mac App Store that could make it just a little bit more bearable. Brought to you by Bare Bones Software, the folks behind Yojimbo and the incredibly powerful BBEdit, the free TextWrangler is pretty intuitive and feature rich. Starting out as BBEdit lite, TextWrangler is a fully fledged editor in its own right. You've got pattern matching, full search and replace, syntax highlighting for quite a few source code languages, code folding, which compresses the code down to a more manageable length, and many other text manipulation and batch processing features. The interface is pretty simple to navigate with most needed tools available via an icon or keyboard shortcut, plus there is some decent text color-coding that makes reading code a little easier. You can open and save over FTP and SFTP, streamlining HTML authoring. TextWrangler even has support for both AppleScript and Mac OS X Unix scripting, making batch processing easy. Whether you're looking for a decent editor for HTML, CSS, XML or anything else, TextWrangler is a great free starting point. If you're just looking for an editor for writing plaintext files, a replacement for TextEdit, or modifying XML, .plist files or something similar, then TextWrangler is more than up to the job. TextWrangler is available for free in a slightly limited form from the Mac App Store and in its full glory from the Bare Bones Software website and will work on Mac OS X 10.5 and up.
FirstLook: WeatherCal 1.0
Wouldn't it be nice to get a weather forecast whenever you look at iCal? That's the premise behind WeatherCal 1.0, a new Mac application from Bare Bones Software. WeatherCal inserts a five-day weather forecast for your favorite cities right into iCal (above). If you're syncing your iPhone to iCal, that means you have the forecast in your pocket as well:
Yojimbo 1.4.1
While it isn't a major release that adds big features like tagging or AppleScript support, Yojimbo 1.4.1 does fix a lot of miscellaneous bugs that users have been battling. A full changelog is here, listing fixes for things like crashes when viewing web archives and some scripting operations, as well as an auto-save fix to make sure your most recent un-saved changes don't get tossed out with the bath water when you quit. Yojimbo 1.4.1 can be had from from Bare Bones's Updates page.
BBEdit 8.5 released with new UI, code folding, clippings - 160 total improvements
Bare Bones Software really knows how to deliver a .5 release, as the have just announced v8.5 of BBEdit, their powerful and professional HTML and code editor. Amongst the total 160 new and updated features is a revamped UI for both the app and its now-searchable preferences, 'code folding' for collapsing sections of a document for greater legibility, a revamped Clippings feature for re-using snippets of text and code, new languages, auto-save and much, much more.At $199, this editor definitely isn't for the faint of heart, and it's definitely why 'professional' is included in the product's description. However, for owners of previous versions, Bare Bones has quite possibly the most agreeable upgrade terms we've ever seen for an application: owners of any BBEdit v8.0 and above can upgrade for a mere $30, though if you purchased v8.2 after 1/1/06, it's free. For owners of v7.1.4 and earlier, the upgrade is only $40. a 30 day demo of this Universal Binary app is, of course, available from Bare Bones Software.[via Mac DevCenter]
