[ANN] BBEdit 11.6 (3931) 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/oYWsF56f6vQ/L6MAxt14AwAJ>).

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 (3931) (2016-06-08)

Additions
---------

+ Added support for Github-style fenced codeblocks to the
Markdown module. At this point, we simply recognize them as a
codeblock for purposes of code folding and syntax coloring. No
additional syntax coloring is done in the language of the fenced
code.

```javascript
$('a-thing').blowup();
```

* Updated the internal Markdown previewing script to convert
github-style fenced codeblocks into Markdown's traditional code
block output. Thus this:

```javascript
while (pnoies) {
alert("glitter and rainbows!");
}
```

will preview as this:

<pre>
&lt;code&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;while (pnoies) {
alert("glitter and rainbows!");
}&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;
</pre>

* The `bbedit` command-line tool now accepts character offsets
when a line number is specified while opening a document.

`bbedit /path/to/some/file.txt:10:15`, or
`bbedit +10:15 /path/to/some/file.txt`

The `man` page has been updated accordingly.

Changes
-------

* [NFR] Shuffled items in the Editing preferences so that the
disabled "Instances of selected text" check box has a better
context when "Display instances of selected text" is turned off.

Fixes
-----

* [NFR] *Really* fixed [322708] this time, for sure.

* [NFR] [322888] Fixed regression in which the first search in the
text view of a search results window would start from the
top of
the document, rather than from the current insertion point or
selection.

* [NFR] [322928] Fixed a bug in file watching which would cause
change events to be missed and a message logged to console on
10.9.

* [NFR] [323004] Fixed bug in which the option to show tick marks
for spelling errors was disabled when "Display instances of
selected text" was turned off.

* [NFR] [323004] Updated the search metadata for the Editing
preferences to include the settings added for tick mark control.

* [322782] Fixed bug in which forced changes to UTF-8 while saving
did not correctly update the text encoding setting display
in the
status area.

* When turning source control support on or off by hiding or
showing the appropriate menus, the application now updates its
internal state correctly.

* [310466] Full-path truncation in printed page headers now
uses a
little more intelligence, to make better use of the available
space.

* Condensed the page count in printed page headers, to make a
little more room available for the full path (if used).

* [322975] Fixed bug in the Markup Builder panel in which choosing
items from the popup menu for "href" and some other attributes
would not correctly update the value in the edit field, although
the change had been made.

* The path truncation used for menu items (Open Recent, windows)
and other appropriate locations is now somewhat smarter, so that
useful information is now retained in situations where it wasn't
before.

* [310907] Fixed a bug when auto-recovery data wasn't cleared when
using Revert or Undo to discard changes to an open
document; this
would lead to the previously autosaved contents being
restored at
the next startup.

* [323068] Fixed bug in which `bbedit --launch` did not bring the
application to the foreground when it was already running.

==end==

The package can be downloaded from our web server:

<https://s3.amazonaws.com/BBSW-download/BBEdit-11.6_3931.dmg>

Enjoy,

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