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TextWrangler - 2.1.2

powerful general purpose text editor

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All Time:	(4.6)
Version 2.1.2:	(5.0)
Selected Version:	2.1.2
Release Date:	2006-03-14
License:	Freeware
Downloads (version 2.1.2):	8,610
Downloads (all versions):	11,056
Price:	Free

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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:

When trying to locate other applications at startup, TextWrangler now relies on Mac OS X's Launch Services to do the work, and won't check on all mounted volumes. (This fixes the case of external disks sometimes spinning up when starting TextWrangler.)
Fixed bug in which keyboard equivalents assigned to packaged plug-ins didn't stick.
Fixed bug in which a gremlin would appear the end of a file when doing a Replace All with Grep and the last match in the file happened to be a zero-length match at the very end of the file.
Fixed bug in which a file opened from an FTP/SFTP server would be saved to the wrong place if it was opened from an FTP/SFTP browser that had subsequently been disconnected and reconnected to another server (and/or account) whose directory structure was identical.
Fixed bug in which a -1728 error was reported when trying to print a POD output window.
Fixed bug in which abstract PHP functions didn't show up in the function popup. Now they show up, as function prototypes.
Fixed bug in which the scroll position of split panes wasn't stored correctly in the saved document state.
The application now guards against Cocoa exceptions being thrown while trying to attach its accessory view to the font panel. (The source of the exceptions remains unknown, but now at least they won't crash the app.)
"Find All" now works for perldoc/pydoc windows. As a bonus, such windows can also be included in multi-file searches.
Fixed a bug that would sometimes leave a "phantom selection" visible when splitting a window.
Fixed bug in which saving a document with DOS line breaks while running on an Intel machine would write out the wrong line ending pattern.
More PHP keywords, thanks as always to Carsten Blum
Fixed crash which would occur on Intel machines when trying to change the menu key equivalent of Unix scripts, Unix filters, and other items whose key equivalents are adjusted using the "Set Key" button in a palette.
Change the computation of the page guide location when a proportional font is in use to match the logic used for fixed-width fonts. It's still inappropriate to use the page guide set to a character width when you're using a proportional font, but the result is more likely to at least be visible in the window.
Added the Mac OS X 10.4 temp folder location to the exclusion list for the recent menu.
In the case that saved state is loaded from a document's resource fork (typically files created by old versions of BBEdit), the saved state is now properly swapped when running on an Intel machine.

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
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mac OS X 10.3

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.3.5 or higher

Feedback Summary:

Version 2.1.2:
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�