[ANN] BBEdit 13.1 (414031) pre-release

[Rich Siegel]

Good afternoon folks,

We're currently working on a feature update to BBEdit 13, which
includes a number of new features, as well as fixes for
previously reported issues.

Testing is currently underway, and we have a stable pre-release
version ready for use.

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. :-)

Complete change notes to date for all the pre-release builds in
this cycle are available here:

<https://s3.amazonaws.com/BBSW-download/13.1_Notes-414031.txt>

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.

============================================================================

Here is a list of changes since the previous pre-release version:

version 13.1 (414031) (2020-05-11)

Additions
---------

* [DOC] Added a new text transformation: "Convert Escape
Sequences". It's
just below "Zap Gremlins" on the Text menu, and is also
available in
text factories.

This command transforms text by replacing various commonly used
character escape sequences with their actual characters:

- Control characters: this will replace the same set of
character escape sequences that BBEdit's text searching
uses: "`\n`", "`\r`", "`\t`", "`\f`", and "`\\`".

- Hex escapes: "`\xNN`" and "`\x{NNNN}`", where each
"`N`" is a
valid hex digit.

- Unicode escapes: JavaScript-style "`\uNNNN`" and "`\u{NNNN}`",
where each "`N`" is a valid hex digit.

- HTML entities: any valid and well formed HTML character entity,
named or numeric.

- Percent escapes: URL-encoded character sequences
(interpreted as
UTF-8).

* Added support for comment callouts in HTML and XML files. The
following are supported:

```
<!-- MARK this is a named marker -->
<!-- FIXME this needs to be fixed -->
<!-- FIX-ME is treated like FIXME -->
<!-- NOTE is a note for the reader -->
<!-- NYI stands for "not yet implemented" and is treated as
a to-do -->
<!-- REVIEW means someone needs to look at this -->
<!-- TODO when I get around to it -->
<!-- XXX is another form of NOTE -->
<!-- ??? I have a question here -->
<!-- !!! I smell a wumpus -->
```

Callouts are case-sensitive and must be all upper case in
order to
be detected.

Changes
-------

* The "Selected text only" option in the Find window is now
disabled and turned off automatically if the target search window
doesn't have a selection. This should resolve confusion of the
"why doesn't anything happen when I press Enter in the Find
window?" sort, in case the option had previously been
turned on.

* By default, BBEdit will use your color scheme's background color
as the background for the sidebar and other UI elements when
running in Dark Mode. If there's some reason you would
prefer it
didn't do this, you can set an expert preference:

`defaults write com.barebones.bbedit
UseColorSchemeBackgroundForDarkModeUI -bool NO`

Fixes
-----

* [384237] Line numbers in the line number bar are now drawn using
the "Plain Text" color from the active color scheme, which
improves readability with certain background colors.

* [384386] Fixed a bug in which certain edits in VBScript files
would cause subsequent HTML in the same file to malfunction.

* [389680] Fixed a bug in which right-clicking on a non-selected
item in the sidebar of a project window would cause selected
item(s) to open (in cases where the documents had been closed).

* [383460, 389492] Made a change to significantly improve the
performance of loading large HTML and XML files with large
quantities of element pairs.

*fin*

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.

The package can be downloaded from our web server:

<https://s3.amazonaws.com/BBSW-download/BBEdit-13.1_414031.dmg>

Enjoy,

R.

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

Someday I'll look back on all this and laugh... until they
sedate me.

[F. Alfredo Rego]

Thanks, Rich.


> On May 11, 2020, at 11:35 AM, Rich Siegel <sie...@barebones.com> wrote:
. . .

[Christopher Waterman]

I second that. 👍