It turns out that it helps to have "Language" checked in the preferences for what the status bar displays.
And now for the d'oh: D'oh! Promised and delivered. On Monday, July 16, 2012 6:13:41 PM UTC-4, April Mains wrote: > > A question I can answer. In the lower left hand corning of the window > which probably says (none) right now. Just click on it and you'll get a > list of languages which should include markdown. > > April > > On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 3:43 PM, dweinberger <dweinber...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I am quite certain I am going to be d'oh-slapping myself very soon, but >> is there a way to tell BBEdit that a new document is using a particular >> markup (e.g., markdown, js) without saving it with the appropriate >> extension? I thought stationery might do that, but it doesn't. >> >> No, doing a Save as a first action is not a big deal. I'm mainly curious >> about whether I'm doing something wrong. Or not optimally right. >> >> - David W. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the >> "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. >> 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 feature request or would like to report a problem, >> please email "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. >> Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. 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 feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>