BBEdit 14

#1

Post by chmaynard » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 1:00 PM UTC

BBEdit 14
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Re: BBEdit 14

#2

Post by ilovecaching » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 3:09 PM UTC

I use BBEdit and love the editor (esp. love the new LSP support), but have hated the name and the icon for a long time. I have all these beautiful macOS icons, and then there's BBedit with it's weird acronym name and encyclopedia looking icon. Maybe it's time for a rebranding for the next generation!

But seriously, BBEdit IMO beats out VSCode for speed and stability by a mile if you're a macOS user. And you're supporting a much smaller company than Microsoft.

Re: BBEdit 14

#3

Post by _venkatasg » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 3:10 PM UTC

LSP is game-changing. I had made a bunch of clippings to work with for TeX and Python, and this obviates the need for most of those :)

Re: BBEdit 14

#4

Post by jtbayly » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 3:16 PM UTC

ilovecaching wrote: post #2

I use BBEdit and love the editor (esp. love the new LSP support), but have hated the name and the icon for a long time. I have all these beautiful macOS icons, and then there's BBedit with it's weird acronym name and encyclopedia looking icon. Maybe it's time for a rebranding for the next generation! But seriously, BBEdit IMO beats out VSCode for speed and stability by a mile if you're a macOS user. And you're suppor…

The icon is definitely updated in 14.

Re: BBEdit 14

#5

Post by marbletiles » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 3:21 PM UTC

ilovecaching wrote: post #2

I use BBEdit and love the editor (esp. love the new LSP support), but have hated the name and the icon for a long time. I have all these beautiful macOS icons, and then there's BBedit with it's weird acronym name and encyclopedia looking icon. Maybe it's time for a rebranding for the next generation! But seriously, BBEdit IMO beats out VSCode for speed and stability by a mile if you're a macOS user. And you're suppor…

you can make it look like TextWrangler too if that helps

Re: BBEdit 14

#6

Post by plodman » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 3:26 PM UTC

ilovecaching wrote: post #2

I use BBEdit and love the editor (esp. love the new LSP support), but have hated the name and the icon for a long time. I have all these beautiful macOS icons, and then there's BBedit with it's weird acronym name and encyclopedia looking icon. Maybe it's time for a rebranding for the next generation! But seriously, BBEdit IMO beats out VSCode for speed and stability by a mile if you're a macOS user. And you're suppor…

https://macosicons.com/

Unfortunately it doesn’t stick if there’s an update but it solves the problem temporarily.

Re: BBEdit 14

#7

Post by spiderice » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 3:28 PM UTC

jtbayly wrote: post #4

ilovecaching wrote: post #2

I use BBEdit and love the editor (esp. love the new LSP support), but have hated the name and the icon for a long time. I have all these beautiful macOS icons, and then there's BBedit with it's weird acronym name and encyclopedia looking icon. Maybe it's time for a rebranding for the next generation! But seriously, BBEdit IMO beats out VSCode for speed and stability by a mile if you're a macOS user. And you're suppor…

The icon is definitely updated in 14.

It is, but it is still really ugly and feels very out of place on a Mac.

edit: typo

Re: BBEdit 14

#8

Post by cytzol » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 3:38 PM UTC

Thanks to using BBEdit for a decade now, I get bitterly disappointed whenever I re-open an application and it doesn't restore the windows and state it had when it closed. I've tried switching to both Emacs and Vim, but no amount of configuration nor third-party plugins could get them to work like this effectively. BBEdit works exactly how I want it to work out of the box, and I commend it for that.

Re: BBEdit 14

#9

Post by DJBunnies » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 3:46 PM UTC

Holy cow, this the same BBEdit I used as a teenager with System 7.

Incredible. Makes me nostalgic for resource forks & resedit.

Re: BBEdit 14

#10

Post by tablespoon » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 3:53 PM UTC

spiderice wrote: post #7

jtbayly wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The icon is definitely updated in 14.

It is, but it is still really ugly and feels very out of place on a Mac. edit: typo

> It is, but it is stilly really ugly and feels very out of place on a Mac.

How? I just download it, an the icon looks totally fine to me.

Also, BBEdit is really old. Having it change its name to suit modern fashions is about as desirable as having Emacs do the same.