Re: Tweaking BBedit to Be Less Daunting to Writers

[Christian Boyce]

An AppleScript to make these changes (and another to change them back) would be 
nice. I’ll look into it unless someone’s done it already. 



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> On Apr 7, 2019, at 9:52 AM, Jim Leff  wrote:
> 
> Know anyone who'd like using BBEdit but finds it too geeky? The following 
> pref tweaks make BBEdit friendly to writers, yielding a familiar plain 
> rectangle for new docs and a less cluttered look for those accustomed to word 
> processors (whose WYSIWYG approach is getting as archaic as steam engines).
> 
> I'd always used BBEdit for web dev, and sometimes for blog posts, but these 
> tweaks left me with an app I can live for all writing tasks (exception: book 
> publishers still need DOCX files).
> 
> 
> ==
> *Prefs: Appearance* 
> 
> Deselect line numbers and gutter 
> 
> 
> *Prefs: Application* 
> 
> Deselect “Always Show Full Paths in Open Recent Menu 
> Select “When Bbedit Becomes Active, New Text Document” 
> 
> 
> *Prefs: Editing* 
> 
> "Show Text Completions Only Manually" 
> Deselect “Display Instances of Selected Text 
> 
> 
> *Prefs: Editor Defaults* 
> 
> Select “Softwrap Text to: Character Width: 80 
> Default Font: I like Optima Regular 14 
> 
> 
> *Prefs: Printing* 
> 
> Deselect “Print Page Headers” 
> Deselect “Print Full Pathname” 
> Deselect “Print Line Numbers” 
> Deselect “Print Color Syntax” 
> Unfortunately, we’re stuck with either time stamp or "date saved" stamp 
> 
> 
> *Prefs: Text Files* 
> 
> Select "Make Backup Before Saving" 
> Select "Keep Historical Backgrounds" 
> 
> 
> *Prefs: menus and shortcuts* 
> 
> Choose "Simple Menus" (button at lower left) 
> Deselect #!, 
> 
> 
> *View Menu* 
> 
> Hide Navigation Bar 
> Text Display: Hide Page Guide  
> Text Display: Hide Gutter 
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Tweaking BBedit to Be Less Daunting to Writers

[Jim Leff]

Know anyone who'd like using BBEdit but finds it too geeky? The following 
pref tweaks make BBEdit friendly to writers, yielding a familiar plain 
rectangle for new docs and a less cluttered look for those accustomed to 
word processors (whose WYSIWYG approach is getting as archaic as steam 
engines).

I'd always used BBEdit for web dev, and sometimes for blog posts, but these 
tweaks left me with an app I can live for all writing tasks (exception: 
book publishers still need DOCX files).


==
*Prefs: Appearance* 

Deselect line numbers and gutter 


*Prefs: Application* 

Deselect “Always Show Full Paths in Open Recent Menu 
Select “When Bbedit Becomes Active, New Text Document” 


*Prefs: Editing* 

"Show Text Completions Only Manually" 
Deselect “Display Instances of Selected Text 


*Prefs: Editor Defaults* 

Select “Softwrap Text to: Character Width: 80 
Default Font: I like Optima Regular 14 


*Prefs: Printing* 

Deselect “Print Page Headers” 
Deselect “Print Full Pathname” 
Deselect “Print Line Numbers” 
Deselect “Print Color Syntax” 
Unfortunately, we’re stuck with either time stamp or "date saved" stamp 


*Prefs: Text Files* 

Select "Make Backup Before Saving" 
Select "Keep Historical Backgrounds" 


*Prefs: menus and shortcuts* 

Choose "Simple Menus" (button at lower left) 
Deselect #!, 


*View Menu* 

Hide Navigation Bar 
Text Display: Hide Page Guide  
Text Display: Hide Gutter 

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