[ANN] BBEdit 10.5.6 (3313) pre-release

[Rich Siegel]

Good { morning, afternoon, evening },

We're working on an update to BBEdit 10.5 to address a few
recently reported issues.

Note that this is a _pre-release_ version. The intent is to fix
bugs and address areas of improvement based on what our
customers have reported. However, since the software is at this
point not fully tested, there _may_ be bugs and regressions. If
this prospect makes you nervous, then sticking with the public
release versions is your best course of action. Nobody will be
offended if you choose to do so; you're under no obligation to
install and use anything but a public release. :-)

Following is a summary of the changes in the software since the
last public release. The change notes are organized into
additions, changes, and fixes, and are annotated where
appropriate with case numbers. So if you recognize a number
corresponding to a support case that was opened for you, you can
now verify that it's been fixed correctly. Please take the time
to review the changes before using the new build -- it'll be
worth your time.

One final note: If you run into a bug in a pre-release version,
PLEASE DO NOT REPORT THE BUG TO THE LIST. This includes asking
about whether others have seen the same problem. Instead, please
send a bug report to <sup...@barebones.com> and we will deal
with it there. This will help us keep the list discussion on
topic and productive for all list members.

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version 10.5.6 (3313) (2013-10-04)

Additions
---------

o (none in this build)

Changes
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o (none in this build)

Fixes
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* Corrected word-o of `chance` for `change` in the Expert
Preferences help page.

* Fixed Xcode workspace discovery for compatibility with Xcode 5.

* [277061] If an Xcode project contains relative references to
variables defined in Xcode's "Source Trees" preferences,
BBEdit will now try to resolve those references, rather than
giving up and reporting an error.

* BBEdit will no longer attempt to locate command-line tools using
`xcrun`. On systems where Xcode is not installed, the
command-line developer tools have not been configured, or the
system just doesn't feel like cooperating, `xcrun` will become
antisocial and put up alerts, log console entries, and
engage in
other behaviors deemed unacceptable in polite society.

If for some reason you find it preferable for BBEdit to use `xcrun`
to locate tools, you can apply the following expert
preference to
restore the previous behavior:

`defaults write com.barebones.bbedit
AskXcodeForCommandLineTools -bool YES`

* Fixed bug in which super-secret class-specific expert prefs
for recent item limits didn't work. (But nobody ever tried
to use them, so that's OK.)

* Fixed bug in which we were using the system's I-beam cursor
instead of our own (the latter working much better on dark
backgrounds).

* Made some changes to the math used for computing the line
number bar font size, so that the font used for drawing the
line numbers is no longer allowed to be inordinately small.

* Fixed a performance hotspot in the subsystem which determines
filename-extension-to-language mappings. This should especially
help with Open File by Name precaching performance, but its
benefits should be felt throughout the application.

* Made performance improvements to directory enumeration, to the
benefit of Open File by Name, Open Counterpart, and other
internal functions.

* Made performance improvements to search-while-typing in the Open
File by Name window.

* The Open File by Name cache for system includes and frameworks
is now built asynchronously when the application starts up, to
reduce or avoid delays when opening the "Open File by Name"
window for the first time.

* [277481] When doing a "Save As" in a project for a document
inside of a twisted-open folder, instead of updating the list
item to point to the document's location on disk, clear the
item's reference to the document and leave it pointing at the
previous location. This resolves confusion that was occurring
otherwise.

* [278988] Fixed bug in which the "Label" term in file filters was
not correctly loaded when presenting the editing UI, nor
correctly applied when filtering files.

* [277061] When enumerating the contents of an Xcode project,
inspect the contents of a group, even if the group itself cannot
be resolved (usually because the group is a relative
reference to
something that no longer exists).

* The "Xcode Projects" group in the Multi-File Search window now
contains something useful: the ten most-recently-used Xcode
projects, sorted alphabetically. (Discovery is done using
Spotlight, so if you don't see the projects you expect to see,
blame Spotlight.)

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The package can be downloaded from our web server:

<http://pine.barebones.com/seeding/BBEdit-10.5.6_3313.dmg>

Enjoy,

R.
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Rich Siegel Bare Bones Software, Inc.
<sie...@barebones.com> <http://www.barebones.com/>