Saving multiple open files

[olb...@mac.com]

My project has over 3000 pages of HTML. After I work with it for a while, open files accumulate, and the only way I've found to close them is to select them, one by one, and save each. That's burdensome, and inconsistent with BBEdit's usual friendly character. Is there a command, somewhere, for "save all open files"?

I firmly expect to feel really dumb, when somebody points me to the answer, but I prefer that to the filewise option.

[Patrick Woolsey]

On Aug 08, 2020, at 17:54, 'olb...@mac.com' via BBEdit Talk <bbe...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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> My project has over 3000 pages of HTML. After I work with it for a while, open files accumulate, and the only way I've found to close them is to select them, one by one, and save each. That's burdensome, and inconsistent with BBEdit's usual friendly character. Is there a command, somewhere, for "save all open files"?

If you press and hold the Option key while pulling down the File menu, you should see a "Save All" command (with default key shortcut Option-Command-S) that will do just what the doctor ordered. ;-)


Regards,

Patrick Woolsey
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Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/>

[François Schiettecatte]

Option-Command-S will do it.

Cheers

François

> On Aug 8, 2020, at 2:54 PM, 'olb...@mac.com' via BBEdit Talk <bbe...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
> My project has over 3000 pages of HTML. After I work with it for a while, open files accumulate, and the only way I've found to close them is to select them, one by one, and save each. That's burdensome, and inconsistent with BBEdit's usual friendly character. Is there a command, somewhere, for "save all open files"?
>
> I firmly expect to feel really dumb, when somebody points me to the answer, but I prefer that to the filewise option.
>

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[Bruce Van Allen]

On 8/8/20 at 3:02 PM, fschiet...@gmail.com (François
Schiettecatte) wrote:

>Option-Command-S will do it.

In a slightly different situation - lots of open files but only
some of them unsaved - I go straight to Option-Command-w (Close
All), and BBEdit will prompt for saving any unsaved docs.

HTH,
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- Bruce

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[Neil Faiman]

So, two messages.

(1) Go through all the the BBEdit menus with the Option key held down. You'll be amazed at what you'll discover.

(2) If you think, “There ought to be a way” ... pull down the Help menu, type "save" into the search box, and marvel at the 10 (!) menu commands that are available.

Regards,

Neil Faiman

[olb...@mac.com]

Very glad I asked. Thanks, guys!