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TextWrangler - 2.2.1

Create and edit text documents with this powerful text editor.

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All Time:	(4.6)
Version 2.2.1:	(5.0)
Selected Version:	2.2.1
Release Date:	2007-02-15
License:	Freeware
Downloads (version 2.2.1):	19,325
Downloads (all versions):	11,079

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Product Description:

TextWrangler is a powerful and richly-featured tool for composing, modifying, and transforming text stored in plain-text files.

TextWrangler is a...

General Purpose Text Editor
Programmer's Text Editor
Unix And Server Administrator's Tool
Powerful Text Transformer And Manipulator
Product Developed In The Best Traditions Of Bare Bones Software

What's new in this version:

Fixed the cause of 13601 errors when "Make backup before saving" is configured to use the parent directory.
Fixed bug in which JSP files would cause the HTML scanner to hang.
Fixed a fat finger-O which caused results browsers to be omitted from the search sources drawer.
Fixed bug in which a vestigial "Fold Selection" command appeared on the contextual menu.
Removed vestigial "Show Gutter" option from the Window Options popup and sheet and terminology.
Fixed a regression in Open Selection where ./file, ../file, and folder/file relative paths were not properly resolved.
Fixed hang with empty package declaration (easily triggered by typing 'package' in a new java file).
Skip guessing when saving empty files, if the language module's "Always Guess" flag is set and there's a already a successful suffix-to-language match.
Antialiased the diamonds used in the status bar to indicate content and state dirtiness.
TeX: The tokens for generic commands (those which don't delimit math sections) were always one character short, which messed up syntax coloring in some cases.
JavaScript: Fixed crash which would sometimes occur when trying to find the full name of an "assigned" function or object, and the name was the first text in the file.
Major performance boost for TeX syntax coloring.
the BBLMLanguageCode key in language modules is supposed to be four characters long, and BBEdit 8.5/TextWrangler 2.2 enforced this (with the result that some third-party codeless language modules no longer loaded). The enforcement came at the cost of backward compatibility, though, so the old behavior of padding shorter language codes with spaces has been restored.
Fixed a problem where Open By Name would find files in front window's directory tree in preference to your search paths
Generic classes and interfaces would cause Java files to have an empty function popup.
Various Markdown fixes.
Fixed bug in the TeX parser which would cause creeping memory use and the attendant performance problems while editing TeX source files
When editing text within a TeX verbatim environment, the verbatim-ness of the current range could be lost, in which case content within (and after) the verbatim environment might be inappropriately colored.
Fixed the proximate cause of a crash in the Java function scanner.
Fixed bug in which multiple file descriptors were created for opened folders in a Disk Browser window.
PHP interface declarations are treated correctly by the PHP function scanner.
Fixed a pair of memory leaks in the TeX scanner that contributed to a perceived performance problem.
Fixed bug in which language-specific settings in TextWrangler weren't.
Fixed pair of bugs in which the "Reset All" button in the language-specific "Reset to Defaults" dialog didn't do anything, and the "Reset" button would typically reset the options for the wrong settings group.
Fixed bug in which spell checking didn't work in TeX documents. Please note that verbatim and math sections will not be spell checked, regardless.
Fixed bug in which a backslash followed by a space in a TeX document would interfere with syntax coloring in the rest of the document.
Fixed bug which could lead to performance problems when editing a math string that ended with a \command in a TeX document.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.4 or higher

Feedback Summary:

Version 2.2.1:
Overall Rating:	(5.0)	Features:	(5.0)	Support:	(5.0)
Ease of Use:	(5.0)	Quality / Stability:	(5.0)	Price:	(5.0)

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Great for Writers too - Version: 3.0, 8/25/2009 05:11PM PST

inpitlane

It's not only coders that can get benefit from TextWrangler. As a Journalist I use it for all my writing.
It's fast to open, easy to navigate and all that formatting nonsense doesn't get in the way of the free flow of ideas.
Thanks to Bare Bones for making it available.

3.0 - Version: 3.0, 8/25/2009 01:12PM PST

mex4eric

New version seems good. FTP box looks different but works well. Will review after I've used it more.

lifesaver - Version: 2.3, 7/16/2009 07:46AM PST

surfergrl

TextWrangler is intuitive and powerful, very very grateful it exists. My boss is actually pleased with me today as I saved him hours of deleting line numbers by hand�