I use BBEdit a lot for several different tasks and really find it irreplaceable. I have a couple of comments/questions about it though. This is more meant to generate discussion; are there things that I'm missing? Are there things we could do as a community (maybe with the help of Barebones) to collect scripts, clipping sets, etc. to make the program more usable?
The biggest thing I can think of is the fact that even though BBEdit is incredible powerful, most people don't realize all that it can do. Built in capabilities like Tag Maker and Clippings seem to escape many users. Clippings in particular are very powerful. It's a shame there aren't better built in clipping sets to demonstrate their usage and provide with better out-of-the-box usability. The same goes for Applescripts. One of BBEdit's best features is it's ridiculous scriptability. However, a lot of people can't seem to get their head around Applescript. I know I can't. I do some some stuff with it in BBEdit, but when I just want to really crunch some text, I usually write a Unix filter instead. I just found a great Applescript to pipe text through command line utilities, written by Jim C. Why aren't scripts like this shipped with BBEdit, or at least made available in one place as a separate download? I really wish BBEdit was more scriptable with Unix scripting languages. Unix filters are great for what they are, but it's hard to make them do much more than filter. The Unix scripts function seems to be seriously hampered. If only the scripts run from the Unix scripting menu were given a bit more information, one could do a lot more with them. Is there anyway those scripts could be passed information through the environment (or as arguments)? It would be greatly appreciated if the currently active file and line number/ character position was made available. I could do away with a lot of hybrid Applescript/shell scripts I have and greatly simplify things. Sorry if this is just a couple of half-baked thoughts... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en If you have a specific feature request or would like to report a suspected (or confirmed) problem with the software, please email to "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
