Save As Stationery?

[Dave]

Does anybody see a "Save As Stationery" checkbox in the save dialog when you choose "Save As..." from the File menu? I don't.

I'm using version 11.1.3 (3764), but I'm not at all sure what I was using the last time I saved a stationery pad. The latest version of the User Manual says, "To create a stationery pad, click the Save As Stationery checkbox when saving the file from BBEdit," but I don't see it.

Even after I save the file and convert it "into a stationery pad in the Finder by clicking the Stationery Pad checkbox in the document’s Get Info window," it doesn't show up in the File > New with Stationery submenu. Instead I see an "Open Stationery Folder" option that opens ~/Library/Application Support/BBEdit/Stationery/ in the Finder, and when I open the stationery file, instead of opening a new, untitled text document with the contents of the stationery file, it creates a copy of the stationery file in the Stationery folder and opens it in BBEdit. There's no way to create a keyboard shortcut to the stationery either.

I don't see any Stationery List under the Window menu either.

Is there a naming convention I need to follow? I don't see anything to that effect in the User Manual.

[Christopher Stone]

On Oct 03, 2015, at 16:24, Dave <dave.l...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anybody see a "Save As Stationery" checkbox in the save dialog when you choose "Save As..." from the File menu? I don't.

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Hey Dave,

That bit in the manual would appear to be obsolete.

Put your stationary in:

~/Library/Application Support/BBEdit/Stationery/

DON'T turn on the stationary-bit in the Finder – BBEdit knows items in its stationary folder are stationary.

Use by selecting from the menu.

Edit by Option-selecting from the menu OR by opening in the Finder.

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Best Regards,
Chris

[Dave]

Thanks, Chris. Here's another crucial tidbit I discovered:

If you need to create the Stationery folder, BBEdit will not recognize any files you put there until you quit and re-launch BBEdit!

I was expecting files I saved there to be recognized immediately, as scripts, clippings and text filters are, but apparently that only happens because those folders already exist. But the weird thing that kept me from recognizing this sooner is that, while BBEdit won't recognize the files you place in the Stationery folder, it does recognize the folder! As soon as you create ~/Library/Application Support/BBEdit/Stationery/, the File > New with Stationery submenu becomes available, and Open Stationery Folder menu option appears, and it works, but no files are displayed until you restart BBEdit.