[ANN] BBEdit 12.6.4 (412081) pre-release

[Rich Siegel]

Good morning folks,

We're currently working on another maintenance update to BBEdit
12 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/12.6.4_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 build:

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

version 12.6.4 (412081) (2019-05-10)

* This version of BBEdit requires macOS 10.12.6 or later. It will
not run on previous versions of macOS or Mac OS X.

Additions
---------

o (none in this build)

Changes
-------

o (none in this build)

Fixes
-----

* [NFR] Refined the fix for [370051] to cover some cases that were
missed.

* [370064] Fixed a bug in which changes to the name of the root
folder in an instaproject were not reflected in the sidebar list.

* When running a Python script, if `python3` is anywhere in your
`$PATH`, BBEdit will use it *instead of* `python`. While
this is
generally useful in a teaching environment, if you are
using a
custom Python installation (such as Anaconda), it may prove
inconvenient. In that case, disabling automatic use of `python3`
will help:

`defaults write com.barebones.bbedit RunUsingPython3 -bool NO`

* Added an expert preference to control whether BBEdit uses
`flake8` when choosing "Check Syntax" for a Python
document. If
you would prefer to use Python's built-in syntax checking, you
can do so:

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

* [370113] When updating the contents of the "Open Recent" menu,
if BBEdit sees that the global "Recent Items" setting in the
General system preferences is "None", it will also clear
the list
that the OS uses to update the recent items menus in the
Dock and
the Apple menu.

* Made a change to significantly reduce the time required to load
ASCII files. This will be most noticeable on very large files.

* Made a change to improve the performance of some operations
which involved examining large quantities of text to determine
the number of line breaks.

* Fixed a bug in which the Ruby function scanner didn't correctly
identify the various types of callouts on the function
menu. `#
MARK:` is now also correctly identified.

*fin*

The package can be downloaded from our web server:

<https://s3.amazonaws.com/BBSW-download/BBEdit-12.6.4_412081.dmg>

Enjoy,

R.