[ANN] BBEdit 13.5.5 (415097) pre-release

[Rich Siegel]

Good afternoon,

We're currently working on a maintenance update to BBEdit 13.5 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. :-)

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

<https://s3.amazonaws.com/BBSW-download/13.5.5_Notes.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.

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.

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

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

version 13.5.5 (415097) (2021-02-02)

Additions
---------

* (none in this build)

Changes
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* (none in this build)

Fixes
-----

* Made a change to work around an app store behavior in which the
application receives "transaction completed" notifications for
subscriptions which are evidently missing from the local receipt.
This would in turn cause some customers to be prompted for their
App Store credentials at application startup.

* [417299] Fixed bug in which differences which ended at the end
of either document being compared did not display sub-line
differences.

* Corrected the layout of slider controls in the Appearance
preferences when running on macOS Big Sur.

* Fixed a latent bug in which the ctags system was not correctly
set up when sandbox access was available, which could lead to
subsequent unexpected behavior.

* [417223] Fixed crash which would occur when interacting with the
clipping set list in the Setup window after making a change in
the Clippings folder while the Setup window was open.

* Fixed a layout bug in the Bookmarks setup pane.

* Made a change to guard against inappropriate sudden termination
by the OS. If this condition is detected, BBEdit will attempt to
write out its sleep state and avoid the "wasn't quit normally"
alert at next startup.

* [417721] Fixed crash which would start with using "Close All
Documents" while a Differences window was active, and
subsequently trying to use the menu system.

* Fixed a layout glitch in the "Line Spacing" slider in the
Editing preferences when running on Big Sur.

* Changed the behavior of the lorem ipsum generator when
generating sentences, so that it emits two line breaks between
each sentence (thus turning each into a "paragraph").

* Made a change so that BBEdit no longer tries to use Source Code
Pro if it is installed and a default font is not otherwise
chosen. (There are too many broken versions of Source Code Pro
out there.) BBEdit will use Inconsolata if it is installed; and
if it is not, BBEdit will use Menlo.

If you were previously using Source Code Pro and you find that
the font changes, go to the Editor Defaults preferences and
select Source Code Pro as your preferred font.

* [417892] Fixed bug in which using "Save {a Copy} to FTP/SFTP
Server" would cause subsequent document saves to unnecessarily
require a new connection, in cases where a connection was already
open to the server via an FTP/SFTP browser.

*fin*

The package can be downloaded from our web server:

<https://s3.amazonaws.com/BBSW-download/BBEdit-13.5.5_415097.dmg>

Enjoy,

R.