Bare Bones Software Ships BBEdit 8.7
Now Supports Lua; Enhanced File Groups and Disk Browsers Aid Use
of High-capacity Capability
BEDFORD, Mass. – Aug. 6, 2007 – Bare Bones Software, developer of
leading-edge power tools for Mac OS X, today announced the release and
immediate availability of BBEdit 8.7, a significant update to its
professional strength text editor.
“BBEdit is legendary for working on text files whose size would bring other
products to their knees,” explained Rich Siegel, founder and CEO of Bare
Bones Software, Inc. “The BBEdit 8.7 update includes a range of features
from diverse regions of the customer base, many of which boost the
heavy-lift capacity of this industrial strength HTML and text editor.”
The BBEdit 8.7 update introduces built-in support for the Lua programming
language, brings significant improvements to the File Groups and Disk
Browser workflow features, and powers the use of Finder Smart Folders as
sources for Text Factory and for multi-file search operations.
BBEdit 8.7 can now remember the open documents upon quitting and reopen the
identical documents upon subsequent launch. This new “Reopen documents that
were open at last quit” application preference, when turned on,
automatically also includes remembering disk browsers and FTP/SFTP browsers
which were open at last quit.
Other notable revisions include an all-new Python language module which
supports code folding, significant refinements to FTP/SFTP and Disk Browser
windows, AppleScript improvements, and many others. BBEdit 8.7 also
includes fixes for reported issues and adds several minor enhancements and
other refinements to this award-winning HTML and text editor.
Detailed information on all of the changes and improvements implemented in
BBEdit 8.7 can be found at:
(http://www.barebones.com/support/bbedit/current_notes.shtml)
The BBEdit 8.7 update is available free of charge to all registered BBEdit
8.5 and 8.6 customers from the Bare Bones Software web site:
(http://www.barebones.com/support/updates.shtml)
BBEdit: Power Tool for Text
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BBEdit is the leading professional-strength HTML and text editor for the
Macintosh. Specifically crafted in response to the needs of Web authors and
software developers, this award-winning product provides an abundance of
features for editing, searching, and manipulation of text. BBEdit reliably
transforms text with high performance.
An intelligent interface provides easy access to BBEdit’s best of class
features including grep pattern matching, search and replace across
multiple files, function navigation and syntax coloring for numerous source
code languages, FTP and SFTP open and save, AppleScript and Unix scripting
support, clippings, code folding, intra-application automation, and a
complete set of HTML tools.
The latest upgrade, BBEdit 8.5 (and higher) represents a major interface
overhaul, designed to streamline navigation and ease discovery of BBEdit’s
powerful feature set. Beyond significant revision, BBEdit 8.5 introduced
Code Folding, Auto-save and Check Spelling As You Type features, as well as
Ruby, SQL and YAML language support. The BBEdit 8.5 overhaul revised the
text-editing window and Preferences, including the addition of new
per-language option settings, and replaced the traditional Glossary feature
with an intelligent Clippings system. Other momentous revisions include
enhanced Find Differences, FTP/SFTP, Disk Browser, and Text Factory.
Version 8.6, freely available to BBEdit 8.5 customers, included support for
Markdown, reading and writing “binary property list” format, and more.
BBEdit is a Universal application that requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later. For
more information on BBEdit, and to download a fully functional demo
version, visit the company’s web site:
(http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/index.shtml)
Pricing and Availability
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BBEdit 8.7 is available at a suggested retail price of US$125. Registered
owners of BBEdit 8.0 thru 8.2.6 can upgrade for US$30; registered owners of
BBEdit 7 and older can upgrade for US$40. Upgrades are available directly
from Bare Bones Software by visiting:
(http://www.barebones.com/store/)
BBEdit 8.7 may be purchased directly from Bare Bones Software, the online
Apple Store, and numerous major Macintosh software resellers. For a partial
listing of domestic and international resellers, visit:
(http://www.barebones.com/store/resellers.shtml)
Educational discounts and site license pricing, for both new purchases and
upgrades, are also available. For details please visit the company’s web
site at (http://www.barebones.com/store/), send email to
(sales@barebones.com), or call (781) 687-0700.
About Bare Bones Software, Inc.
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Bare Bones Software, Inc. develops leading-edge power tools for the
Macintosh. The company’s passion for creating deeply functional software
with a clean, effective interface has earned it devotion from Mac users
worldwide. The company’s award-winning products include BBEdit, a
professional HTML and text editor, Mailsmith, an extra-strength email
client, and TextWrangler, a high-performance plain text editor. The
company’s expanding product family also includes Yojimbo, an effortless
information organizer, and Super Get Info, a file and folder info utility.
Bare Bones Software has been crafting fine Mac software since 1993 and
operates as a privately-held corporation based in Bedford, MA. For more
information, visit or send email to
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