[HN Gopher] BBEdit is 30 years old today
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BBEdit is 30 years old today
Author : sndean
Score : 96 points
Date : 2022-04-12 21:12 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| rmbyrro wrote:
| I'm a Linux user. For a second, I thought it was a BBCode editor.
|
| Congrats to the developer(s). It tells a lot about your
| consistency when you're able to maintain something for 30 years.
| darkteflon wrote:
| Anyone users/fans have any thoughts on BBEdit versus just using
| VS Code as your "everything" editor?
| chipotle_coyote wrote:
| It depends on what you want and like. I like BBEdit more than
| Code despite Code arguably being more capable for, er, code,
| because -- at least for the way my brain works, apparently --
| BBEdit is better at editing. Most of what I do with it is
| technical writing in Markdown.
|
| Having said that, though, BBEdit 14's LSP integration closes
| the gap in coding for me sufficiently, at least for PHP and
| Elixir. And there are sort of quirky features like the Unix
| Worksheet, "text factories," and BBEdit 14's new notebook
| feature that I'm using a lot.
| wisemang wrote:
| I remember naming a function that sanitized sketchy (in the
| charset sense) email content "zap_gremlins" -- this was about a
| decade ago, and probably about a decade after the last time I
| used BBEdit. I'm a Sublime guy now but fond memories.
| chmaynard wrote:
| Sez who? I see nothing on the BBEdit product page about an
| anniversary.
| humps wrote:
| first release was April 12, 1992, but it was a proof of
| concept[1] and wasn't commercialized until May 1993, so perhaps
| that's why?
|
| [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBEdit
| [deleted]
| mistrial9 wrote:
| (those are the authors posting)
| abzug wrote:
| https://twitter.com/bbedit/status/1513874673913716736
| bachmeier wrote:
| But then this should be the link, rather than an unrelated
| page.
| mttjj wrote:
| Original release announcement:
| https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.mac.announce/c/gvPGyuX3...
| dang wrote:
| Nice--we've changed to that from
| http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/index.html above.
| Thanks!
| smm11 wrote:
| I recall using this 30 years ago on System 7. Can I retire yet?
| vr46 wrote:
| I still have a licence, still in my Dock, still use it for (a)
| Massive Files (b) Regex work.
|
| But not actually writing code anymore. I guess I must have
| started with BBEdit Lite in 1994. Would love to go back to 1994.
| throwthere wrote:
| Any idea how it compares to vim or Macvim for your uses?
| cpill wrote:
| nah, the music was terrible back then
| ChrisMarshallNY wrote:
| I've been using it, almost its entire life.
|
| Awesome app. One of my "must-have" apps.
|
| I use Xcode for most of my day-to-day iOS/MacOS stuff, but
| BBEdit, for all my server work.
| devy wrote:
| BBEdit is my Mac version of the "Notepad.ext". Been a user for
| over a decade by now and still love it, albeit after macOS
| Monterey upgrade it has become significantly slower in app
| loading time (from a fraction of second to 1-2 seconds sometimes,
| irregardless of the size of the files that were previous opened
| of the number of files previously opened, less than 10 usually
| for me)
| jzer0cool wrote:
| I have my first copy of BBEdit from late 90's. Bundled on a
| shareware cd.
| angryasian wrote:
| When they wanted me to move from TextWrangler to BBedit I was
| against it. Now I'm a BBEdit fan. Hopefully we see it in another
| 30 more years
| tkgally wrote:
| I'm not a programmer, but I switched to hand-coding my personal
| website a few years ago and started using BBEdit more and more.
| The text filters, multifile search-and-replace, and clearly
| written manual have been especially helpful. The program is a
| pleasure to use.
| LeoPanthera wrote:
| So I guess I used BBEdit for 28 years. I started on System 7? I
| think. And I finally stopped last year when I switched to
| CotEditor, wanting something more macOS native.
|
| It's still installed, though. I was mildly annoyed that I paid
| for a version 14 license and then about 6 months later version 15
| came out and my license didn't work in it.
|
| It's probably still worth the money, but I'm enjoying CotEditor
| for my basic text editing needs.
|
| Edit: My version numbers may be confused. Whatever they are, my
| license only worked for less than a year. I did ask support if I
| qualified for the next version, and they said no.
| chipotle_coyote wrote:
| > I was mildly annoyed that I paid for a version 14 license and
| then about 6 months later version 15 came out
|
| The current version of BBEdit is 14.1. Maybe you're getting the
| version numbers confused here. (BBEdit 14 came out in mid-July
| of 2021, and while a version 13 license would indeed not work
| in it because new versions require new licenses, the web site
| clearly states you can upgrade from BBEdit 13 for free if you
| bought it on or after January 1, 2021. IIRC, Bare Bones has
| always been fairly generous in this kind of upgrade policy.)
|
| > And I finally stopped last year when I switched to CotEditor,
| wanting something more macOS native.
|
| BBEdit has always been a native Mac program, so I'm not sure
| what it is you're trying to get at here?
| LeoPanthera wrote:
| Mostly that CotEditor supports Versions, and BBEdit doesn't.
| I don't need to remember to save.
| nigerian1981 wrote:
| Any thoughts on using CotEditor vs Sublime as a Dev needing to
| open json,sql,log files etc?
| LeoPanthera wrote:
| My needs are very basic, so I didn't give Sublime much of a
| look. I specifically wanted something macOS native, and
| CotEditor was one of the few, possibly the only, that
| supports Versions. It does everything I need it to.
| nigerian1981 wrote:
| I'm going to give it a try tomorrow
| michaelsbradley wrote:
| I've had a BBEdit license since ca. 2000. And I've always been
| happy to pay for license upgrades as new major versions are
| published, even though for programming I've primarily used Emacs
| since 2012.
|
| It's still a wonderful tool for working with and transforming
| plain text.
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