Deeper Dropbox support, new coloring options

Bare Bones has launched BBEdit 10, an upgrade to its professionally-oriented text and HTML editor. Project and editing windows now offer a unified layout with quicker access to multiple documents or webpages. Projects likewise get fast access to a Unix worksheet and scratchpad. The interface should also sport a cleaner look, and a new Setup window providing a centralized location to manage options like FTP bookmarks, grep patterns, file filters and website configurations. The HTML Tools palette and markup panel have been rebuilt for better flexibility, and the Preview in BBEdit tool now offers templates for displaying content from portions of a document. Controls for previewing image tags and attributes have been updated.

Dropbox support allows syncing application support content across multiple computers while retaining preferences on each machine; scripts, clippings, templates and color schemes can all be uploaded to Dropbox and accessed at other stations. Text coloring, a tool for aiding HTML coders in discerning levels of code and varieties of command, now supports switching schemes through a Text Colors preference panel.

ZIP files can be edited and any changes saved within the archive, with search and replace options.

Other enhancements in v10 include improved access to text filters and scripts, CSS-capable preview templates, and Automator workflows working as equals to scripts, including use as text filters. New packages centralize related configuration items, like language modules, clippings, and scripts. The Configuration Manager also helps centralization, gathering text factories, AppleScripts and Unix scripts together.

The v10 release does however remove support for Mac OS X Leopard and PowerPC processors, requiring a computer running either Lion or Snow Leopard. The new BBEdit is currently available on the Bare Bones website and should soon be on the Mac App Store. Standard pricing has been slashed in half to $50, with an upgrade cost of $40. For the first three months on the Mac App Store a special $40 pricetag will be offered.

by MacNN Staff