[ANN] BBEdit 14.5.2 (14C213) pre-release

[Rich Siegel]

Good afternoon folks,

We're currently working on a maintenance update to BBEdit 14 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/14.5.2_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 14.1 public release:

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version 14.5.2 (14C213) (2022-08-02)

Additions
---------

o (none in this build)

Changes
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* When BBEdit prompts you to unlock a file for which you don't
have write privileges, the alert has a "Don't ask again for this
file", which (if you click "Unlock") will set a preference so
that you don't get prompted again for that file.

Fixes
-----

* Fixed crash which would occur when using a "Copy Path" command
from the contextual menu in the sidebar of a disk browser *and*
one (or more) of the selected items was inside of an archive (Zip
or tar).

* Fixed regression in which the "Search in `<project or disk
browser>`" command on the Search menu didn't behave as intended
when the Multi-File Search window was already open.

* Fixed crash which would occur when closing a window after
performing certain (reasonable, but not necessarily conventional)
document selection operations in the sidebar.

* Addressed some small memory leaks identified by static analysis
tools.

* Fixed hang which would occur when clicking in the popup menu at
the top of the sidebar in a Disk Browser window.

* Quieted 100013 (`EACCES`) error report when using "Keep
historical backups" and saving a file which requires privilege
escalation to write.

* Fixed bug in which diagnostics returned by LSP were not reported
for files located in iCloud Drive.

* Fixed bug in which creating a note inside of a closed collection
(by using "New Note") didn't twist the collection open and select
the created note.

* Generate placeholder HTML for cases when the preview HTML
generator (e.g. for Markdown) is missing.

* Fixed empty "Kind" column in FTP/SFTP lists.

* Worked around macOS behavior (FB10022175) in which certain
Shortcuts that were pinned to the menu bar did not appear in the
Services menu when they should have.

*fin*

The package can be downloaded from our web server:

<https://s3.amazonaws.com/BBSW-download/BBEdit-14.5.2_14C213.dmg>

Enjoy,

R.