What preferences are in com.barebones.bbedit.plist

[Steve deRosier]

From "BBEdit 13.0 User Manual":

Since the system does not support relocation of an application’s core preferences data file (/Users/<username>/Library/Preferences/com.barebones.bbedit.plist), you cannot directly sync these settings.

So the question is, what preferences are in this that won't be synced if I do a dropbox sync?

Trying to get an idea of what to sync between two Macs that I use both daily.

Thanks,
- Steve

[Patrick Woolsey]

On 4/6/20 at 4:36 PM, dero...@gmail.com (Steve deRosier) wrote:

>>From "BBEdit 13.0 User Manual":
>
>Since the system does not support relocation of an application’s core
>preferences data file
>(/Users/<username>/Library/Preferences/com.barebones.bbedit.plist), you
>cannot directly sync these settings.
>
>
>So the question is, what preferences are in this that won't be synced if I
>do a dropbox sync?

Pretty much every option that you might set in BBEdit's
Preferences window, with the exception of key shortcuts.

One may, however, transfer one's existing BBEdit prefs to a new
machine to serve as the "seed" for one's prefs there.

For convenience, you can use the following Terminal commands to
directly export and import BBEdit's prefs data. On the source
machine, enter this command:

defaults export com.barebones.bbedit ~/Desktop/BBEditPreferences.plist

then transfer the resulting file to the target machine and enter
this command:

defaults import com.barebones.bbedit ~/Desktop/BBEditPreferences.plist

to import everything.

(NB: Using these commands makes the process much easier than
chasing the actual files around manually. :-)


Regards

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

[Rich Siegel]

On 4/6/20 at 4:36 PM, dero...@gmail.com (Steve deRosier) wrote:

>So the question is, what preferences are in this that won't be synced if I
>do a dropbox sync?

All of them. Every setting that is manipulated via the
Preferences window, plus expert preferences, plus "invisible"
settings that provide continuity of experience, like dialog box
settings and window positions for "singleton" windows such as
palettes, the Find window, and so forth.

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

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

[Steve deRosier]

OK, thanks!

- Steve

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