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BBEdit is one of the oldest text editor for the Macintosh. It was initially released back in 1992 for Macintosh System 6. It's still one of the very best ones available. I just upgraded to the latest version BBEdit version 16. 😎

https://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/

#MacOS #Macintosh #BBEdit #TextEditor #Tools #Apple #AppleSilicon

BBEdit 16 Is Here

https://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/bbedit16.html

#HackerNews #BBEdit #BBEdit16 #NewRelease #TextEditor #SoftwareUpdate

I used to love that you could drop a folder on a text file in BBEdit, and then get a hierarchical view of files and folders in that folder.

Then I discovered the 'tree' command.

Still love BBEdit, though!

#bbedit #tree #cli

EDIT: It's fake! I change the link with the message of the original developer.

[Well, I'm using #BBEdit ... but here's #NotePad++ for Mac:]

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/04/notepad-plus-plus-trademark-violation/?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=69f8cddd2a4c7200012637ed

EDIT: It's fake! I change the link with the message of the original developer.

[Well, I'm using #BBEdit ... but here's #NotePad++ for Mac:]

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/04/notepad-plus-plus-trademark-violation/?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=69f8cddd2a4c7200012637ed

EDIT: It's fake! I change the link with the message of the original developer.

[Well, I'm using #BBEdit ... but here's #NotePad++ for Mac:]

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/04/notepad-plus-plus-trademark-violation/?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=69f8cddd2a4c7200012637ed

EDIT: It's fake! I change the link with the message of the original developer.

[Well, I'm using #BBEdit ... but here's #NotePad++ for Mac:]

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/04/notepad-plus-plus-trademark-violation/?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=69f8cddd2a4c7200012637ed

EDIT: It's fake! I change the link with the message of the original developer.

[Well, I'm using #BBEdit ... but here's #NotePad++ for Mac:]

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/04/notepad-plus-plus-trademark-violation/?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=69f8cddd2a4c7200012637ed

I haven't jumped on the #Obsidian or #Notion bandwagon. I write in #BBEdit, #OmniOutliner, Apple Notes, #nvUltra and #1Writer. Each has its use. I link all the information with Hookmark. Hookmark's linking is much more general than Obsidian's

I haven't jumped on the #Obsidian or #Notion bandwagon. I write in #BBEdit, #OmniOutliner, Apple Notes, #nvUltra and #1Writer. Each has its use. I link all the information with Hookmark. Hookmark's linking is much more general than Obsidian's

I haven't jumped on the #Obsidian or #Notion bandwagon. I write in #BBEdit, #OmniOutliner, Apple Notes, #nvUltra and #1Writer. Each has its use. I link all the information with Hookmark. Hookmark's linking is much more general than Obsidian's

I haven't jumped on the #Obsidian or #Notion bandwagon. I write in #BBEdit, #OmniOutliner, Apple Notes, #nvUltra and #1Writer. Each has its use. I link all the information with Hookmark. Hookmark's linking is much more general than Obsidian's

I haven't jumped on the #Obsidian or #Notion bandwagon. I write in #BBEdit, #OmniOutliner, Apple Notes, #nvUltra and #1Writer. Each has its use. I link all the information with Hookmark. Hookmark's linking is much more general than Obsidian's

when one tool is not enough - why i use different writing apps for different tasks

http://cogmodo.com/onewritingtoolperwritingtask

@drafts
@bbedit
@ia
@obsidian
@ulyssesapp

#blog #writing #writingcommunity #iamwriting #software #drafts #bbedit #obsidian #iawriter #ulysses #ios #mac #apple

when one tool is not enough - why i use different writing apps for different tasks

http://cogmodo.com/onewritingtoolperwritingtask

@drafts
@bbedit
@ia
@obsidian
@ulyssesapp

#blog #writing #writingcommunity #iamwriting #software #drafts #bbedit #obsidian #iawriter #ulysses #ios #mac #apple

when one tool is not enough - why i use different writing apps for different tasks

http://cogmodo.com/onewritingtoolperwritingtask

@drafts
@bbedit
@ia
@obsidian
@ulyssesapp

#blog #writing #writingcommunity #iamwriting #software #drafts #bbedit #obsidian #iawriter #ulysses #ios #mac #apple

when one tool is not enough - why i use different writing apps for different tasks

http://cogmodo.com/onewritingtoolperwritingtask

@drafts
@bbedit
@ia
@obsidian
@ulyssesapp

#blog #writing #writingcommunity #iamwriting #software #drafts #bbedit #obsidian #iawriter #ulysses #ios #mac #apple

when one tool is not enough - why i use different writing apps for different tasks

http://cogmodo.com/onewritingtoolperwritingtask

@drafts
@bbedit
@ia
@obsidian
@ulyssesapp

#blog #writing #writingcommunity #iamwriting #software #drafts #bbedit #obsidian #iawriter #ulysses #ios #mac #apple

@robpike This is one reason I prefer @bbedit on #macOS. It handles massive files with aplomb.

#BBEdit #Mac

@robpike This is one reason I prefer @bbedit on #macOS. It handles massive files with aplomb.

#BBEdit #Mac

@robpike This is one reason I prefer @bbedit on #macOS. It handles massive files with aplomb.

#BBEdit #Mac

@robpike This is one reason I prefer @bbedit on #macOS. It handles massive files with aplomb.

#BBEdit #Mac

@robpike This is one reason I prefer @bbedit on #macOS. It handles massive files with aplomb.

#BBEdit #Mac

Ashamed to say, this experiment has not gone very well so far. While #BBEdit seems very nice for working with Svelte, I'm running into issues with React (for my volunteer gig) and Astro (for my personal website).

I'm much happier with it for writing Swift however, and would happily make the switch if I could just find a JSX language module.

Ashamed to say, this experiment has not gone very well so far. While #BBEdit seems very nice for working with Svelte, I'm running into issues with React (for my volunteer gig) and Astro (for my personal website).

I'm much happier with it for writing Swift however, and would happily make the switch if I could just find a JSX language module.

Ashamed to say, this experiment has not gone very well so far. While #BBEdit seems very nice for working with Svelte, I'm running into issues with React (for my volunteer gig) and Astro (for my personal website).

I'm much happier with it for writing Swift however, and would happily make the switch if I could just find a JSX language module.

Ashamed to say, this experiment has not gone very well so far. While #BBEdit seems very nice for working with Svelte, I'm running into issues with React (for my volunteer gig) and Astro (for my personal website).

I'm much happier with it for writing Swift however, and would happily make the switch if I could just find a JSX language module.

Ashamed to say, this experiment has not gone very well so far. While #BBEdit seems very nice for working with Svelte, I'm running into issues with React (for my volunteer gig) and Astro (for my personal website).

I'm much happier with it for writing Swift however, and would happily make the switch if I could just find a JSX language module.

My challenge to myself this week is to do all my development work in #BBEdit.

Anyway, tonight I got the various LSPs I use all configured. I've started tinkering with keybindings to be closer to my VSCode/Zed preferences but I guess I can't use "option" as the sole modifier key for any key combos???

#webdev #typescript

My challenge to myself this week is to do all my development work in #BBEdit.

Anyway, tonight I got the various LSPs I use all configured. I've started tinkering with keybindings to be closer to my VSCode/Zed preferences but I guess I can't use "option" as the sole modifier key for any key combos???

#webdev #typescript

My challenge to myself this week is to do all my development work in #BBEdit.

Anyway, tonight I got the various LSPs I use all configured. I've started tinkering with keybindings to be closer to my VSCode/Zed preferences but I guess I can't use "option" as the sole modifier key for any key combos???

#webdev #typescript

My challenge to myself this week is to do all my development work in #BBEdit.

Anyway, tonight I got the various LSPs I use all configured. I've started tinkering with keybindings to be closer to my VSCode/Zed preferences but I guess I can't use "option" as the sole modifier key for any key combos???

#webdev #typescript

My challenge to myself this week is to do all my development work in #BBEdit.

Anyway, tonight I got the various LSPs I use all configured. I've started tinkering with keybindings to be closer to my VSCode/Zed preferences but I guess I can't use "option" as the sole modifier key for any key combos???

#webdev #typescript

@eemeli well. My trusted #BBedit can use and produce them. Of course, so far, it is only because it is more than 30 y old or because I programmed it wrong (not sure which is note common).

But claiming it does not exist is as much utterly modern as claiming that people never had problems with character sets using emails...

Maybe... It depends on your world of all possibilities?

#xcode #Apple Did you know that ⌃(control)A jumps you to the beginning of a line and ⌃E puts you at the end of the line. ⌃K deletes the line forward and ⌃Y pastes it back.

AND all of these work in #xcode, #pages, #bbedit, #textedit, #ivory, #AppleMail, and probably elsewhere.

#xcode #Apple Did you know that ⌃(control)A jumps you to the beginning of a line and ⌃E puts you at the end of the line. ⌃K deletes the line forward and ⌃Y pastes it back.

AND all of these work in #xcode, #pages, #bbedit, #textedit, #ivory, #AppleMail, and probably elsewhere.

#xcode #Apple Did you know that ⌃(control)A jumps you to the beginning of a line and ⌃E puts you at the end of the line. ⌃K deletes the line forward and ⌃Y pastes it back.

AND all of these work in #xcode, #pages, #bbedit, #textedit, #ivory, #AppleMail, and probably elsewhere.

#xcode #Apple Did you know that ⌃(control)A jumps you to the beginning of a line and ⌃E puts you at the end of the line. ⌃K deletes the line forward and ⌃Y pastes it back.

AND all of these work in #xcode, #pages, #bbedit, #textedit, #ivory, #AppleMail, and probably elsewhere.

Il y a un truc que j'adore avec l'application #BBEdit, c'est que, lorsqu'on veut encadrer un groupe de caractères/mots par des parenthèses, crochets, guillemets ou autres signes du même genre, il suffit de sélectionner ce qu'on veut encadrer, taper sur le caractère d'ouverture, et par défaut, ça ajoute le caractère de fermeture automatiquement, et ce de part et d'autre de la sélection. Du coup, quand je suis dans une autre application, par réflexe, je fais pareil, sauf que... ben, ça efface ma sélection. Et ça m'énerve d'une force !!! 😂

Il y a un truc que j'adore avec l'application #BBEdit, c'est que, lorsqu'on veut encadrer un groupe de caractères/mots par des parenthèses, crochets, guillemets ou autres signes du même genre, il suffit de sélectionner ce qu'on veut encadrer, taper sur le caractère d'ouverture, et par défaut, ça ajoute le caractère de fermeture automatiquement, et ce de part et d'autre de la sélection. Du coup, quand je suis dans une autre application, par réflexe, je fais pareil, sauf que... ben, ça efface ma sélection. Et ça m'énerve d'une force !!! 😂

Il y a un truc que j'adore avec l'application #BBEdit, c'est que, lorsqu'on veut encadrer un groupe de caractères/mots par des parenthèses, crochets, guillemets ou autres signes du même genre, il suffit de sélectionner ce qu'on veut encadrer, taper sur le caractère d'ouverture, et par défaut, ça ajoute le caractère de fermeture automatiquement, et ce de part et d'autre de la sélection. Du coup, quand je suis dans une autre application, par réflexe, je fais pareil, sauf que... ben, ça efface ma sélection. Et ça m'énerve d'une force !!! 😂

Il y a un truc que j'adore avec l'application #BBEdit, c'est que, lorsqu'on veut encadrer un groupe de caractères/mots par des parenthèses, crochets, guillemets ou autres signes du même genre, il suffit de sélectionner ce qu'on veut encadrer, taper sur le caractère d'ouverture, et par défaut, ça ajoute le caractère de fermeture automatiquement, et ce de part et d'autre de la sélection. Du coup, quand je suis dans une autre application, par réflexe, je fais pareil, sauf que... ben, ça efface ma sélection. Et ça m'énerve d'une force !!! 😂

@ttscoff It’s gotten so bad that I have a #BBEdit Text Factory just to clean up #AI-generated #Markdown

@ttscoff It’s gotten so bad that I have a #BBEdit Text Factory just to clean up #AI-generated #Markdown

@ttscoff It’s gotten so bad that I have a #BBEdit Text Factory just to clean up #AI-generated #Markdown

@ttscoff It’s gotten so bad that I have a #BBEdit Text Factory just to clean up #AI-generated #Markdown

@ttscoff It’s gotten so bad that I have a #BBEdit Text Factory just to clean up #AI-generated #Markdown

One of macOS's (many) annoying behaviors is carrying over search terms between apps. So if I'm searching for something in Mail, then search for something in Notes, when I go back to Mail suddenly my previous search has been wiped out and Mail is searching for whatever I was trying to find in Notes, and I have to search Mail again…which screws up my search in Notes. Lather Rinse Repeat Definition of Insanity.

Thankfully, @bbedit is way ahead of me:

defaults write com.barebones.bbedit FindDialog_UsesFindScrap -bool NO

#macos #bbedit

One of macOS's (many) annoying behaviors is carrying over search terms between apps. So if I'm searching for something in Mail, then search for something in Notes, when I go back to Mail suddenly my previous search has been wiped out and Mail is searching for whatever I was trying to find in Notes, and I have to search Mail again…which screws up my search in Notes. Lather Rinse Repeat Definition of Insanity.

Thankfully, @bbedit is way ahead of me:

defaults write com.barebones.bbedit FindDialog_UsesFindScrap -bool NO

#macos #bbedit

One of macOS's (many) annoying behaviors is carrying over search terms between apps. So if I'm searching for something in Mail, then search for something in Notes, when I go back to Mail suddenly my previous search has been wiped out and Mail is searching for whatever I was trying to find in Notes, and I have to search Mail again…which screws up my search in Notes. Lather Rinse Repeat Definition of Insanity.

Thankfully, @bbedit is way ahead of me:

defaults write com.barebones.bbedit FindDialog_UsesFindScrap -bool NO

#macos #bbedit