TextWrangler feature - Reopen documents that were open at last quit

[Ron Feldman]

Hi all,

Sorry if this is answered elsewhere. I checked the comparison chart and didn't see this explicitly called out as a BBEdit feature carried forward from TextWrangler.

In the Application preferences of the OSX version of TextWrangler, there is the option to "Reopen documents that were open at last quit" along with the sub-option to "Restore unsaved changes". This is version 5.5.2. What this does, magically, is allow me to have an infinite number of "clipboards" that are persistent through re-boots. TextWrangler is apparently saving all my open files, even if I don't save them. So I don't have to come up with names for items that are meaningless beyond a few days' work, and I don't have to find a place to store them. For example, I currently am up to "untitled text 113" - just tons of little clipboards that I can check back on and don't really need to clean up until I just feel like tossing the old clipboards, which I do every once in a while.

Is this super special amazing feature also in BBEdit? I really like making my coworkers jealous with my infinite persistent clipboards, and I don't want to lose that feeling of superiority.

Thanks,

..Ron

[Lee Hinde]

On Oct 17, 2016, at 1:29 PM, Ron Feldman <ronald....@linq3.com> wrote:

In the Application preferences of the OSX version of TextWrangler, there is the option to "Reopen documents that were open at last quit" along with the sub-option to "Restore unsaved changes". This is version 5.5.2. What this does, magically, is allow me to have an infinite number of "clipboards" that are persistent through re-boots. TextWrangler is apparently saving all my open files, even if I don't save them. So I don't have to come up with names for items that are meaningless beyond a few days' work, and I don't have to find a place to store them. For example, I currently am up to "untitled text 113" - just tons of little clipboards that I can check back on and don't really need to clean up until I just feel like tossing the old clipboards, which I do every once in a while.

Is this super special amazing feature also in BBEdit? I really like making my coworkers jealous with my infinite persistent clipboards, and I don't want to lose that feeling of superiority.

Yes.

[Kyle DeMilo]

You mean like this? If so, then BBEdit 11 has it :)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/534805/prefs.png

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[Rich Siegel]

On Monday, October 17, 2016, Ron Feldman <ronald....@linq3.com> wrote:

> Sorry if this is answered elsewhere. I checked the comparison chart and
> didn't see this explicitly called out as a BBEdit feature carried forward
> from TextWrangler.

Every feature that is in TextWrangler is in BBEdit, without exception. :-)

Enjoy,

R.
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[Christopher Stone]

On Oct 17, 2016, at 15:29, Ron Feldman <ronald....@linq3.com> wrote:

I really like making my coworkers jealous with my infinite persistent clipboards, and I don't want to lose that feeling of superiority.

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Hey Ron,

How about being able to easily save those “clipboards”?

Make them more jealous.

Save as a compiled script with the Script Editor.app to:

~/Library/Application Support/BBEdit/Scripts/

Give the script a keyboard shortcut or activate it from the Script menu.

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# Auth: Christopher Stone

# dCre: 2016/10/18 03:00

# dMod: 2016/10/18 03:32 

# Appl: BBEdit

# Task: Save unsaved text documents and shell documents to a date-stamped folder in the Finder.

#     : Then close those documents and open the folder in the Finder.

# Libs: None

# Osax: None

# Tags: @Applescript, @Script, @BBEdit, @Finder, @Save, @Unsaved, @Text_Documents, @Shell_Documents

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set saveFolderWasCreated to false

tell application "BBEdit"

   

   set unsavedDocList to text documents whose on disk is false

   

   if length of unsavedDocList > 0 then

      

      set saveFolderPath to makeSaveFolder() of me

      set saveFolderWasCreated to true

      

      repeat with theDoc in unsavedDocList

         set docID to ID of theDoc

         save theDoc to (saveFolderPath & (name of theDoc)) & ".txt"

         close document id docID

      end repeat

      

   end if

   

   set unsavedShellDocList to every shell document whose on disk is false

   

   if length of unsavedShellDocList > 0 then

      

      if not saveFolderWasCreated then

         set saveFolderPath to makeSaveFolder()

         set saveFolderWasCreated to true

      end if

      

      repeat with theDoc in unsavedShellDocList

         set docID to ID of theDoc

         save theDoc to (saveFolderPath & (name of theDoc)) & ".worksheet"

         close document id docID

      end repeat

      

   end if

   

end tell

if saveFolderWasCreated then

   tell application "Finder"

      activate

      open (alias saveFolderPath)

   end tell

end if

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--» HANDLERS

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on makeSaveFolder()

   set newFolderName to do shell script "date \"+%Y-%m-%d %H.%M\""

   set newFolderName to "BBEdit → Untitled Docs → Saved " & newFolderName

   tell application "Finder"

      set newFolder to make new folder at (path to desktop folder) with properties {name:newFolderName}

      return newFolder as text

   end tell

end makeSaveFolder

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Now then...  Let me know if you want to know how to open all the files in a single project window for perusal.

Of course looking through them in the Finder with Quick Look is easy enough.

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Best Regards,

Chris