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Hey guys, I downloaded the free version of BBEdit lite and have a question...

I have only just started using it, but so far, I haven't been able to notice it's greatness. Would some of you give me your favorite features in this program?

I was surprised that HTML isn't color coded. Is there a way to enable that so that tags are a certian color, etcetc... you know what I mean.

Let me know what all the hubub is about ;)

Thanks
 
That IS color coded. Change your file as html and continue editing.!! The free should be colored as well.

My favs: ftp (not-in-light?), colors, lightness compared emacs and similars, ..i use it as basic html editor mainly. for notes, i use notes.app and for office stuff appleworks. If i remember right you can change the tag colors as well .. :-/
 
The files I am working on have .php extensions. Is there a way to get it to recognize those files as 'html' files as well?

FTP sounds useful...
 
I used the FTP feature a couple of times in the paid version of BBEdit, but I can't seem to find it in BBEdit lite. I say it's not there.

One thing I like about BBEdit lite is the search and replace feature. Try searching through multiple files, and see what options you have.
 
As far as I can remember, there's no color coding in BBEdit Lite. I recommend checking out the "Support" section for BBEdit at http://www.barebones.com, as most of the plug-ins (such as BBTidy) for BBEdit also work in the free version.
 
BBEdit is one of my favorite products. It has convinced most HTML coders who knew what HTML meant before we had all those WYSIWYG editors.

Just buy it and enjoy the full version. It's unbelievably cool.
 
Originally posted by toast
BBEdit is one of my favorite products. It has convinced most HTML coders who knew what HTML meant before we had all those WYSIWYG editors.

Just buy it and enjoy the full version. It's unbelievably cool.
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I've been using the full version since 1995 (version 2.x) to hand code HTML, so I'm not clear what is in the Lite version vs the Full version.

However I have to say that my three favorite features are:
1) Built in FTP (now if they'd just build in secure copy :) )
2) Color coding of a ton of different file formates (see attached preferences setting screen shot)
3) Incredibally configurable key-command shortcuts

Note in the screen shot that PHP is defaulted to HTML, so you need to set it to PHP to get it to color right. (I wish I had noticed that months ago...)
 

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If u change PHP highlight to PHP instead of HTML, u'll get highlight only of PHP code, but PHP pages have a lot of HTML code inside, so it's better to use HTML highlight, that colorize also PHP parts.

I'vs tried to use PHP highlight and this is the result:

all tags are black, hex color like #FFFFFF are shown as comment, parts in " " are in pink.

Bad thing.
 
BBedit is by far the BEST program for writing code that I have ever found on any platform.

Double click on a ) or a } and you will see what I mean.
Other features I use all the time are zap gremlins & change case.
Also, it knows almost every PHP function and color codes them accordingly.

It's color coding works amazingly well, though I'm not sure this feature is enabled in the lite version. If you write a lot of code, It is WELL worth the price imo.

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Originally posted by Fahrvergnuugen
BBedit is by far the BEST... Double click on a ) or a } and you will see what I mean.
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Like I said above... I've been using BBedit for eons...

But I did not know this little trick. :D

Thanks Fahrv'!
 
Alright, after hearing all those praises I might just have to trust you guys.

Are any of you previous Emacs or vim users?

Once I get some cash in my bank account I might just have to make BBEdit the first piece of Mac Software I buy.
 
.. not previous. i tried emacs AFTER bbedit (that was after bbedit light) but i didn't like it.. at least the carbon enhanced emacs was horrible. 100 MB for an editor = that's an operative system and not an editor.. maybe if i compiled emacs or vim and started to use it from scratch, and before bbedit, i'd like those more...
 
Originally posted by Harvey
Alright, after hearing all those praises I might just have to trust you guys.

Are any of you previous Emacs or vim users?

Once I get some cash in my bank account I might just have to make BBEdit the first piece of Mac Software I buy.
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When on command line I'm really only competent with pico, but I can use vi if I have to. (...and if I have my vi mug close at hand.)

Why do you ask?
 
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