> On 27 Oct 2014, at 14:38, Rich Siegel <sie...@barebones.com> wrote: > > On Monday, October 27, 2014, Mike Margerum <m...@margerum.com> wrote: > >> I use the XML tidy function a lot. Please bring it back. > > It's not as though this was a capricious decision. :-) The Tidy support in > the OS (which is what we use, because trying to maintain the libraries > independently turned out to be a disaster) hasn't been updated since 2006. It > predates current standards and practices by eight years (and counting).
That is not the only problem. The last change in the official repository appears to date back to March 2009 (5 years and 7 months ago as sourceforge helpfully reminds you). > There are built-in tools which should do the job; if they are insufficient, > please write to support and tell us how they can be enhanced to meet your > needs. Section 11 of the user manual, and especially the check and update tools (page 252 and further). > Alternatively, since /usr/bin/tidy appears to be part of the default OS > install, a suitably motivated individual could perhaps assemble a package for > Tidy support, maybe even making use of the new ability to put dialog boxes on > Unix filters. While the latter is interesting, I don’t think tidy will handle modern HTML. Honestly, tidy looks like a dead project. Maarten -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. 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 Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com.