[ANN] BBEdit 15.5.4 (15C101) pre-release

[Rich Siegel]

Good morning,

We're currently working on a maintenance update to BBEdit 15 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/15.5.4_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 public release:

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version 15.5.4 (15C101) (2025-10-16)

Additions
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o (none in this build)

Changes
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o (none in this build)

Fixes
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* [470425] Fixed bug in which closing the Scratchpad or Unix
Worksheet window while it was not the active window would
sometimes fail to do so.

* [516014] Corrected initial layout and column sizes in the "Find
Symbol in Workspace" panel.

* [516300] Fixed bug in which unbalanced braces/brackets/etc in
Perl string-like constructs (e.g. `qr/.../`) would interfere with
Balance command operation.

* Corrected behavior of Pretty Print when formatting `<style>`
contents.

* [507272] When using the default source format profile for Pretty
Print HTML formatting, preserve indentation with `<script>` and
`<style>` closing elements.

* [517091] Corrected coloring of selected Grep pattern text in the
"Process Lines Containing" panel (and others with similar
mechanics).

* Improved appearance of application icon when running on macOS 26.

* Fixed bug in which the document count was incorrect in the alert
when closing a window containing one or more non-text documents.

* Fixed bug in which documents that were reopened as the result of
state restoration during startup (or a workspace switch) were not
properly updated in the Open Recent menu when subsequently closed
via "Close Document".

* [513315] Made a change to the order in which tick marks for Live
Search matches are drawn in the scroll bar, so that tick marks
corresponding to selected text don't obscure them.

*fin*

The package can be downloaded from our web server:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/BBSW-download/BBEdit-15.5.4_15C101.dmg

Enjoy,

R.

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Rich Siegel Bare Bones Software, Inc.
<sie...@barebones.com> <https://www.barebones.com/>

Someday I'll look back on all this and laugh... until they sedate me.