[ANN] BBEdit 11.6 (3925) pre-release

[Rich Siegel]

Good afternoon folks,

We're working on an update to BBEdit 11 which will add some new
features and 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. :-)

Following is a summary of changes since the most recent
pre-release (whose own notes are here: <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/bbedit/tZWyErouUPs/vLL7CzyxAAAJ>).

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.

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version 11.6 (3925) (2016-05-25)

Additions
---------

* [DOC] [NFR] Moved the "Text Options" setting in the Appearance
preference into the Navigation Bar group, where it belongs.

* [DOC] The Editing preferences have been rearranged slightly;
there is a new setting to control whether spelling errors appear
as tick marks in the scroll bar, and it is collected with the
previous setting that controls whether matches for the selected
text appear as tick marks in the scroll bar.

* [322617] Added support for the C binary notation to the C-family
language syntax coloring.

Changes
-------

* You can now turn Perforce support off simply by hiding the menu
in the Menus & Shortcuts preferences, as was possible
before with
Git and Subversion support.

Fixes
-----

* [NFR] Fixed regression which broke legitimate dragging of
collections in the project sidebar.

* [NFR] Backup files of the form `foo~.xyz` are now excluded from
folder-backed menus when appropriate.

* [NFR] [322611] Fixed regression in which the end of multi-line
Ruby comments was not detected, leading to incorrect syntax
coloring.

* [NFR] [322625] Fixed bug in which using the long-form
`--pattern` argument to `bbresults` would report an error.

* [NFR] [322625] The `flake8` parse pattern for `bbresults` now
handles the `Fxxx` notation that Flake occasionally generates.

* [NFR] When syntax-checking Python, any result from `flake8`
which is not explicitly an error or warning is now
classified as
a warning (rather than as an error).

* [NFR] [322647] Made a change so that Shift-up-arrow and
Shift-down-arrow in the Open File by Name search box now modify
the selection in the results list.

* [NFR] [322643] Made a change to address a report in which the
Open File by Name window would open with the search box
incompletely populated, which would cause unexpected behavior
when pasting immediately upon the window becoming visible.

* [322559] Fixed a bug in which the "Extract" command in the Find
window didn't respect the "Selected text only" option.

* [319492] Made a change to increase the reliability of reloading
changes to a document's backing file when they're made at high
frequency (intervals less than the time resolution of the file
system) or made by an attached `documentDidSave` script.

* The differences list (in Differences windows) now always uses
the small system font, and ignores the List Display Font
preference. This works around bugs when trying to italicize the
font on some OS versions.

* [319492] If a `documentDidSave` attachment script exists and is
run, we will now manually verify the disk file after
saving, in
case the script changed it. This works around problems in which
we don't receive file system notifications when the script runs.

* Made a change so that Emacs-style backup files are omitted from
Switch to Counterpart and the Counterparts menu when appropriate.

* [322676] Fixed bug in which character escapes in non-Grep search
strings were not properly unwound when doing a single-file "Find
All" or "Extract".

* Fixed a case in which the Open File by Name window was doing
more work than it needed to when it was activated, which would
lead to delays.

* [322646] When performing an interactive Process Duplicate Lines,
the "Process" button is now disabled if you select both "Unique
lines to clipboard" and "Duplicate lines to clipboard",
since you
can't do both.

==end==

The package can be downloaded from our web server:

<https://s3.amazonaws.com/BBSW-download/BBEdit-11.6_3925.dmg>

Regards,

Rich Siegel
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Bare Bones Software, Inc. <http://www.barebones.com/>