Entering path for Save As filename doesn't go to the path :-(

[Everywhere is Nowhere]

BBEdit is the first editor I've used where if I enter in "Save As" a file path, it doesn't change the default location to the path to the specified path and then save the file whose name is the final component of the path there.

That's pretty frustrating, because it means I have to tedious navigate to known long paths using the pulldown selector, and should not have to.

[@lbutlr]

> On Oct 25, 2017, at 3:22 PM, Everywhere is Nowhere <reflec...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> BBEdit is the first editor I've used where if I enter in "Save As" a file path, it doesn't change the default location to the path to the specified path and then save the file whose name is the final component of the path there.

Really? that i very odd, as that is the default in Macos (neé OS X). Since autosave, "Save as" means "Save A COPY as"

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> On 26 Oct 2017, at 04:38, @lbutlr <kre...@kreme.com> wrote:
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>> On Oct 25, 2017, at 3:22 PM, Everywhere is Nowhere <reflec...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> BBEdit is the first editor I've used where if I enter in "Save As" a file path, it doesn't change the default location to the path to the specified path and then save the file whose name is the final component of the path there.
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> Really? that i very odd, as that is the default in Macos (neé OS X). Since autosave, "Save as" means "Save A COPY as"

For many years (20?, 30?) I have been using Default Folder which simplifies all the navegation, I couldn't work without it (I want to cry when I use MS Windows or Linux).

One simple alternative is to put aliases to folders you use in some other folder which is easy to navigate to (e.g., "Desktop", "Documents" or "Home").

Cheers,

Nestor

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[Patrick Woolsey]

On 10/25/17 at 5:22 PM, reflec...@gmail.com (Everywhere is

Nowhere) wrote:

>BBEdit is the first editor I've used where if I enter in "Save
>As" a file path, it doesn't change the default location to the
>path to the specified path and then save the file whose name is
>the final component of the path there.
>

You can do this via the Save dialog's standard (OS-wide) path
navigation support: just invoke "Save As..." and type
Command-Shift-G to bring up the "Go to folder" sheet, then paste
the desired path and press Return twice (once to navigate the
path, and the second time to perform the save).


Regards,

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

[Sam Hathaway]

When I type '/' in the Save As dialog in BBEdit, the Go to Folder sheet pops up, same as in other Mac apps. Not sure what the problem is.
-sam

[Lee Hinde]

I didn't know either of these ways to bring up the Go To Folder... dialog.

Thanks!

[face]

On Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 5:24:28 AM UTC-7, Nestor Aguilera wrote:

One simple alternative is to put aliases to folders you use in some other folder which is easy to navigate to (e.g., "Desktop", "Documents" or "Home"). 

The Finder sidebar is the perfect place to put "aliases" - when you are in the "Save" dialogs make sure you expand to display the entire Finder - navigate to the location for saving, drag the folder into the "Favorites" section of the sidebar.

Search works well too...long live the mini-Finder