Existing users, 
The notorious, long standing "fugly" bug. As per the previous poster's comments, this thing still feels like you're stuck in 1999. I actually own an 8.x license but barely (ha ha) use BBEdit any more. Anyone looking for a text editor that leans toward the unix philosophy instead of towards Mac OS 8 would do well to give TextMate a spin: that's where my love lies these days. You have to work a little to get it to do what you're after, but the work is repaid many times over, because the extensibility and customisability puts BBEdit to shame.
On the up side at least Bare Bones is getting their feet wet in Cocoa, so I'd hazard a bet that a BBEdit rewrite in Cocoa is well underway.
BBEdit
Popular HTML & text editor.
Version: 9.3
One bug they forgot to fix...
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: pmccann Monday, March 06 2006 @ 02:54 PM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Over One Year
Recommend Product: YES
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One bug they forgot to fix... - pmccann
Nope: no one kidding at this end. Earnest: Deadly Earnest. Me likes me text shaken, stirred, then shaken a bit more.Don't like TextMate? OK: horses for courses and all that...
Which is BBEdit's inferiors do you consider superior to TextMate?
Tuesday, March 07 2006 @ 06:03 AM PST
One bug they forgot to fix... - Stormchild
Sorry man, can't agree with you there. I've been using BBEdit for at least 8 years, and I'm really familiar and comfortable with it, but TextMate clearly has leapfrogged it in several very significant ways. The "Bundles" in TextMate are extremely powerful and easy to customize, and that feature alone would make such a huge difference in my productivity. The "Glossary" in BBEdit is the closest thing to that feature, but compared to TextMate's bundles, the Glossary is a joke. Which is probably why they ditched (well, renamed) it in BBEdit 8.5 -- an update which also (finally) copies the code folding feature that's been in TextMate all along.Looking forward to trying out 8.5 (it's downloading now). We'll see if it's worth $30 to upgrade from BBEdit 8.2.6 to 8.5; if this update doesn't bring it very close to the functionality I've been wanting from TextMate, I will most likely drop BBEdit, because TextMate is only €39 for the full version!
Thursday, September 07 2006 @ 07:32 AM PDT
One bug they forgot to fix... - wgscott
TextMate is fantastic. Try it for free for 30 days. I hated the idea of paying for it, but I became addicted.Thursday, September 07 2006 @ 08:08 AM PDT
One bug they forgot to fix... - zimbop
Someone was listening, check out 8.5!Thursday, September 07 2006 @ 08:31 AM PDT
One bug they forgot to fix... - RAngol
BBEdit has its (inferior) competitors but TextMate isn't one of them. You've got to be kidding.Reply to This
Tuesday, March 07 2006 @ 05:28 AM PST