[ANN] BBEdit 14.5 (14C195) pre-release
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Rich Siegel
Jun 20, 2022, 7:46:20 PM6/20/22
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Good afternoon folks,
We're currently working on a update to BBEdit 14 which adds some new features and refinements, and addresses 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/14.5_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 14.2 beta posted here:
================================================================================
**This version of BBEdit requires macOS 10.15.4 or later.**
**This version of BBEdit requires macOS 10.15.4 or later.**
version 14.5 (14C195) (2022-06-20)
Additions
---------
* Added a `support folders` property to the `application` object
in the AppleScript interface. This returns a record of user
parameter pairs, keyed by the folder's name (e.g. "Clippings"),
each value being a file URL to the folder. Note that this does
*not* guarantee that any given folder exists.
* [DOC] [414652] Added alternate (option-key) menu items for the
Tidy "Clean Document", "Reflow Document", and "Check
Accessibility" commands. Using the alternates will run the
commands using the previously selected options (or factory
defaults, if used for the first time).
Changes
-------
* [352415] When opening a worksheet without a saved working
directory, BBEdit will set the working directory in the
worksheet's shell to the directory containing the worksheet (or,
if appropriate, the directory containing the project document in
which the worksheet is embedded).
* [DOC] Added settings to the "Preview" preferences (previously
"Preview Helpers") to control Markdown conversion to HTML for
previews and export. (These settings have been available for some
time as language-specific Markdown settings; this change makes
them more discoverable.)
* [DOC] Removed the vertical grid lines from the "Preview Helpers"
browser list.
Fixes
-----
* [NFR] [DOC] Made the prompt in the "Go to Line Number" sheet
match the prompt in the cursor position popover.
* [NFR] [445936] Fixed regression in which application-modal "do
you want to save changes" dialogs would remain on screen, no
matter what button you clicked.
* Corrected layout of items in the printing panel addition.
* Fixed bug in which items in the "Preview Helpers" browser list
were editable. (Editing them accomplished nothing.)
* [418885] Made "Copy Path" and friends in disk browser windows do
something useful for items inside of Zip archives.
* Fixed memory leak when using the Tidy commands which brought up sheets.
* [359618] Made some changes to significantly improve performance
in the HTML parser, which in turn improves performance when
loading extremely large HTML and XML files (and scanning for
functions/folds in such files).
* [310633, 319872] Made some refinements to the strategy that Open
File by Name uses to figure out where to look for files, so that
it's able to make a better educated guess.
* [418437] Fixed bug in which making a case-only change to the
name of an open document would fail to update the UI correctly,
and would potentially lead to misbehavior if a document was
subsequently created or opened from the same location with the
old name (e.g. after deleting the renamed file).
* [446211] Fixed bug in which Text Factory windows with enough
items to scroll would sporadically display the wrong selection in
the popup menu button (even though the backing data was correct
and the factory would work as intended).
* [446076] Fixed bug in which changes to menu key equivalents in
the Menus & Shortcuts preferences weren't reflected in the
"Commands" command until after the application had been quit and
relaunched.
* [446076] Made the keyboard equivalent column in the "Commands"
window a little wider, to accommodate equivalents with a lot of
modifiers.
* [423064] When relaunching the application after installing a
package, do so in a fashion which doesn't cause a new instance to
appear in the Dock.
* [446318] Pressing `return` or `enter` in the "Run Unix Command"
panel will now dismiss the panel and run the command text, rather
than simply taking keyboard focus off the edit box. (As before,
you can use Option-return or Option-enter to enter a line break
in the command text.)
* Improved behavior when attempting to use a defective font (bad
line height, and/or bad advancement metrics). In these cases,
BBEdit will fall back to an appropriate system default font,
based on whether the requested font was fixed-pitch or
proportional.
* [396792] Fixed bug in which right-clicking on a non-selected
item and choosing Quick Look from the contextual menu would
result in the first selected item being displayed in Quick Look.
* [445988] Fixed bug in AppleScript access to project collections
by index, in which non-collection items were included in the
index calculations.
* When requesting project items from the scripting interface, if
you require an object reference to the item, *rather than* the
"best" representation (which might be a URL), use "`as reference`".
* [446538] Fixed bug in which closing a window containing multiple
documents would ask to confirm changes an "untitled project",
*if* any of the documents in the window had been moved or
deleted.
*fin*
The package can be downloaded from our web server:
<https://s3.amazonaws.com/BBSW-download/BBEdit-14.5_14C195.dmg>
Enjoy,
R.
--
This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "sup...@barebones.com" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://twitter.com/bbedit>
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We're currently working on a update to BBEdit 14 which adds some new features and refinements, and addresses 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/14.5_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 14.2 beta posted here:
================================================================================
**This version of BBEdit requires macOS 10.15.4 or later.**
**This version of BBEdit requires macOS 10.15.4 or later.**
version 14.5 (14C195) (2022-06-20)
Additions
---------
* Added a `support folders` property to the `application` object
in the AppleScript interface. This returns a record of user
parameter pairs, keyed by the folder's name (e.g. "Clippings"),
each value being a file URL to the folder. Note that this does
*not* guarantee that any given folder exists.
* [DOC] [414652] Added alternate (option-key) menu items for the
Tidy "Clean Document", "Reflow Document", and "Check
Accessibility" commands. Using the alternates will run the
commands using the previously selected options (or factory
defaults, if used for the first time).
Changes
-------
* [352415] When opening a worksheet without a saved working
directory, BBEdit will set the working directory in the
worksheet's shell to the directory containing the worksheet (or,
if appropriate, the directory containing the project document in
which the worksheet is embedded).
* [DOC] Added settings to the "Preview" preferences (previously
"Preview Helpers") to control Markdown conversion to HTML for
previews and export. (These settings have been available for some
time as language-specific Markdown settings; this change makes
them more discoverable.)
* [DOC] Removed the vertical grid lines from the "Preview Helpers"
browser list.
Fixes
-----
* [NFR] [DOC] Made the prompt in the "Go to Line Number" sheet
match the prompt in the cursor position popover.
* [NFR] [445936] Fixed regression in which application-modal "do
you want to save changes" dialogs would remain on screen, no
matter what button you clicked.
* Corrected layout of items in the printing panel addition.
* Fixed bug in which items in the "Preview Helpers" browser list
were editable. (Editing them accomplished nothing.)
* [418885] Made "Copy Path" and friends in disk browser windows do
something useful for items inside of Zip archives.
* Fixed memory leak when using the Tidy commands which brought up sheets.
* [359618] Made some changes to significantly improve performance
in the HTML parser, which in turn improves performance when
loading extremely large HTML and XML files (and scanning for
functions/folds in such files).
* [310633, 319872] Made some refinements to the strategy that Open
File by Name uses to figure out where to look for files, so that
it's able to make a better educated guess.
* [418437] Fixed bug in which making a case-only change to the
name of an open document would fail to update the UI correctly,
and would potentially lead to misbehavior if a document was
subsequently created or opened from the same location with the
old name (e.g. after deleting the renamed file).
* [446211] Fixed bug in which Text Factory windows with enough
items to scroll would sporadically display the wrong selection in
the popup menu button (even though the backing data was correct
and the factory would work as intended).
* [446076] Fixed bug in which changes to menu key equivalents in
the Menus & Shortcuts preferences weren't reflected in the
"Commands" command until after the application had been quit and
relaunched.
* [446076] Made the keyboard equivalent column in the "Commands"
window a little wider, to accommodate equivalents with a lot of
modifiers.
* [423064] When relaunching the application after installing a
package, do so in a fashion which doesn't cause a new instance to
appear in the Dock.
* [446318] Pressing `return` or `enter` in the "Run Unix Command"
panel will now dismiss the panel and run the command text, rather
than simply taking keyboard focus off the edit box. (As before,
you can use Option-return or Option-enter to enter a line break
in the command text.)
* Improved behavior when attempting to use a defective font (bad
line height, and/or bad advancement metrics). In these cases,
BBEdit will fall back to an appropriate system default font,
based on whether the requested font was fixed-pitch or
proportional.
* [396792] Fixed bug in which right-clicking on a non-selected
item and choosing Quick Look from the contextual menu would
result in the first selected item being displayed in Quick Look.
* [445988] Fixed bug in AppleScript access to project collections
by index, in which non-collection items were included in the
index calculations.
* When requesting project items from the scripting interface, if
you require an object reference to the item, *rather than* the
"best" representation (which might be a URL), use "`as reference`".
* [446538] Fixed bug in which closing a window containing multiple
documents would ask to confirm changes an "untitled project",
*if* any of the documents in the window had been moved or
deleted.
*fin*
The package can be downloaded from our web server:
<https://s3.amazonaws.com/BBSW-download/BBEdit-14.5_14C195.dmg>
Enjoy,
R.
--
This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "sup...@barebones.com" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://twitter.com/bbedit>
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