[ANN] BBEdit 15.5 (15C57) pre-release
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Rich Siegel
Apr 28, 2025, 3:32:15 PM4/28/25
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Good morning,
We're working on a feature update to BBEdit 15, and a pre-release version is now available.
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_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 15.5 pre-release announcement:
================================================================================
version 15.5 (15C57) (2025-04-28)
* BBEdit 15.5 requires macOS 12.0 or later.
Additions
---------
* [DOC] When the insertion point is inside of an opening
delimiter, or immediately outside a closing delimiter, BBEdit
will highlight the matching delimiter, as appropriate.
If the insertion point is immediately inside of a container element
in an HTML document, delimiter matching will highlight the
corresponding pair of opening and closing elements. (As part of the
HTML tools, this feature is only available during evaluation or with
a paid license.)
The default color is the same one for highlighting live search
matches; this may be adjusted in the respective color scheme via the
"Text Colors" preferences.
This feature may be controlled via the "Highlight matched
delimiters" option in BBEdit's "Editing" preferences.
Changes
-------
* [NFR] [503361] Made a change so that the Unix script progress
window won't open at all for scripts that take less than two
seconds to run.
* "Collect Diagnostic Data" allows cancellation of the panel
before data collection is finished, which is helpful when the
system profiler request hangs.
* Beep instead of alerting when certain invalid character
insertions are attempted (using the character panel or other
input-simulating systems).
Fixes
-----
* [NFR] [503361] Fixed bug in which the Unix script progress
window did not automatically close itself after running scripts
with default output options.
* [NFR] [503690] Fixed regression in which the HTML syntax checker
would fail to recognize `<!DOCTYPE html>` as HTML5.
* [503586] Corrected misleading tooltips in the Grep search
pattern cheat sheet.
* [475054] Ensure that the selection range is properly in view
when (re)opening a document which was soft wrapped to the window
width.
* [503536] Fixed bug in which changing a text color setting in the
preferences didn't update the display of the list view in the
Settings window.
* [503625] Abbreviate (if necessary) the search string/pattern for
"not found" multi-file search alerts, to avoid a macOS alert
layout bug (FB8924294) that places the "OK" button offscreen.
* Made some performance improvements to HTML document type
identification from strings in the `<!DOCTYPE>` declaration.
* Improved the logic which generates qualified file name displays
in the sidebar for currently open documents.
*fin*
The package can be downloaded from our web server:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/BBSW-download/BBEdit-15.5_15C57.dmg
Enjoy,
R.
--
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.
We're working on a feature update to BBEdit 15, and a pre-release version is now available.
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_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 15.5 pre-release announcement:
================================================================================
version 15.5 (15C57) (2025-04-28)
* BBEdit 15.5 requires macOS 12.0 or later.
Additions
---------
* [DOC] When the insertion point is inside of an opening
delimiter, or immediately outside a closing delimiter, BBEdit
will highlight the matching delimiter, as appropriate.
If the insertion point is immediately inside of a container element
in an HTML document, delimiter matching will highlight the
corresponding pair of opening and closing elements. (As part of the
HTML tools, this feature is only available during evaluation or with
a paid license.)
The default color is the same one for highlighting live search
matches; this may be adjusted in the respective color scheme via the
"Text Colors" preferences.
This feature may be controlled via the "Highlight matched
delimiters" option in BBEdit's "Editing" preferences.
Changes
-------
* [NFR] [503361] Made a change so that the Unix script progress
window won't open at all for scripts that take less than two
seconds to run.
* "Collect Diagnostic Data" allows cancellation of the panel
before data collection is finished, which is helpful when the
system profiler request hangs.
* Beep instead of alerting when certain invalid character
insertions are attempted (using the character panel or other
input-simulating systems).
Fixes
-----
* [NFR] [503361] Fixed bug in which the Unix script progress
window did not automatically close itself after running scripts
with default output options.
* [NFR] [503690] Fixed regression in which the HTML syntax checker
would fail to recognize `<!DOCTYPE html>` as HTML5.
* [503586] Corrected misleading tooltips in the Grep search
pattern cheat sheet.
* [475054] Ensure that the selection range is properly in view
when (re)opening a document which was soft wrapped to the window
width.
* [503536] Fixed bug in which changing a text color setting in the
preferences didn't update the display of the list view in the
Settings window.
* [503625] Abbreviate (if necessary) the search string/pattern for
"not found" multi-file search alerts, to avoid a macOS alert
layout bug (FB8924294) that places the "OK" button offscreen.
* Made some performance improvements to HTML document type
identification from strings in the `<!DOCTYPE>` declaration.
* Improved the logic which generates qualified file name displays
in the sidebar for currently open documents.
*fin*
The package can be downloaded from our web server:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/BBSW-download/BBEdit-15.5_15C57.dmg
Enjoy,
R.
--
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.
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