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Re: switching the coding of various symbols

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:58:58 -0400

Rob Stevenson to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-15 14:58:58 - On 15-May-08, at 1:33 PM, various entities wrote: >>>> I know I can use Find/Replace for each matching pair to clean >>>> these up but I think that a simple switch in BBEdit would be >>>> such a good idea that it probably exists already. Can some...

Re: switching the coding of various symbols

Wed, 14 May 2008 13:02:56 -0400

Roland K ffner to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-14 13:02:56 - Hi, Am 14.05.2008 um 17:56 schrieb Bob Rosenberg: > At 12:52 +0200 on 05/13/2008, Roland K ffner wrote about Re: > switching the coding of various symbols: > >> Hi, Rob >> >> Am 08.05.2008 um 21:04 schrieb Rob Stevenson: >>> I know I can use...

Re: switching the coding of various symbols

Wed, 14 May 2008 11:56:17 -0400

Bob Rosenberg to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-14 11:56:17 - At 12:52 +0200 on 05/13/2008, Roland K ffner wrote about Re: switching the coding of various symbols: >Hi, Rob > >Am 08.05.2008 um 21:04 schrieb Rob Stevenson: >>I know I can use Find/Replace for each matching pair to clean these >>up but I thin...

Re: switching the coding of various symbols

Tue, 13 May 2008 06:52:42 -0400

Roland K ffner to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-13 06:52:42 - Hi, Rob Am 08.05.2008 um 21:04 schrieb Rob Stevenson: > I know I can use Find/Replace for each matching pair to clean these > up but I think that a simple switch in BBEdit would be such a good > idea that it probably exists already. Can someone ...

Re: De-select

Tue, 13 May 2008 02:16:12 -0400

Aaron Hsu to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-13 02:16:12 - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On Monday, May 12, 2008 @ 10:27 PM Dennis wrote: >Sorry if you already knew about this feature. BBEdit's multiple >clipboards are easy to overlook. I've know about them for years >and I still ke...

Re: De-select

Tue, 13 May 2008 01:27:42 -0400

Dennis to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-13 01:27:42 - On May 12, 2008, at 7:09 PM, Peter N Lewis wrote: > Use a utility like PTH Pasteboard which gives you a clipboard > history (if you are using your Mac without a clipboard history, you > are really missing out alot). Another option for clipboar...

Re: De-select

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:27:38 -0400

Carr, Richard (Carr Scott Software to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-13 00:27:38 - Another way is to use cmd-shift-C to copy and append the good parts to the clipboard. Might be a bit faster than moving each piece separately to a new doc. -----Original Message----- From: BBEdit-Talk List [mailto:bbedit-talk@barebones.com] On Behalf ...

Re: De-select

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:25:10 -0400

Dean Matthews to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-13 00:25:10 - Thanks to all for the many ways to skin this cat :) Copying the good stuff to a new window is so obvious I'm embarrassed I spent 10 minutes a page scrolling to cut the bad. Guess I was so angry and determined to *destroy* the bad stuff I overlook...

Re: De-select

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:23:06 -0400

Chaz Larson to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-13 00:23:06 - On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Dean Matthews wrote: > On May 12, 2008, at 1:04 PM, Chaz Larson wrote: > > cmd-shift-A is "Select None" > I don't need select none, I need select "some" ;) Oh, dang. I panicked. Never mind. ;...

Re: De-select

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:30 -0400

Aaron Hsu to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-13 00:00:30 - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hey Dean, On Monday, May 12, 2008 @ 1:39 PM Dean Matthews wrote: >It would be much quicker to "select all" and then de-select the >header, footer and legitimate content. if there is legitimate...

Re: De-select

Mon, 12 May 2008 22:09:18 -0400

Peter N Lewis to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-12 22:09:18 - >On May 12, 2008, at 1:27 PM, Richard Carr (Carr Scott Software) wrote: > >>How would that look? > >OK, here's the situation: I have a page of HTML that has been hit by >spammers exploiting the form tag. > >The affected pages have 10,000 lines of ...

Re: viewing TeX files in Quick Look

Mon, 12 May 2008 18:43:21 -0400

Jason Davies to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-12 18:43:21 - Nigel Stanger wrote on 13/5/08 at 21:39 > >Get Info and set the file type to TEXT, and it should work fine. You'll >probably find that your .bib files are already set that way, because I >know that Quick Look doesn't recognise them by default on my ...

Re: viewing TeX files in Quick Look

Mon, 12 May 2008 16:39:17 -0400

Nigel Stanger to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-12 16:39:17 - On 13/05/2008 3:36 AM, "Jason Davies" spake thus: > not entirely OT given that these files are created with BBEdit, > but is there any way to persuade Quick Look to read files with > the extension 'tex'? i'm just starting with L...

Re: De-select

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:56:29 -0400

Dennis to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-12 13:56:29 - On May 12, 2008, at 10:48 AM, Jim Correia wrote: > "Select None" is enabled for lists (where there is no insertion > point, either selected items or not.) > > It is not enabled for text. Use the arrow keys to unambiguously > place the insertion...

Re: De-select

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:55:03 -0400

Dean Matthews to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-12 13:55:03 - On May 12, 2008, at 1:47 PM, Jim Correia wrote: > Yes, it can be done easily Perfect! Thanks Jim. Dean -- The obvious is that which is not seen until someone expresses it simply. - Christian Morgenstern -- ------------------------...

Re: De-select

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:55:02 -0400

Kerri Hicks to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-12 13:55:02 - On 12 May 2008, at 1:39 PM, Dean Matthews wrote: > On May 12, 2008, at 1:27 PM, Richard Carr (Carr Scott Software) wrote: > >> How would that look? > > OK, here's the situation: I have a page of HTML that has been hit by > spammers exploiting th...

Re: De-select

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:54:22 -0400

Dennis to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-12 13:54:22 - On May 12, 2008, at 10:41 AM, Dean Matthews wrote: > > On May 12, 2008, at 1:30 PM, Dennis wrote: > >> I don't know about BBEdit, but TextEdit allows non-contiguous >> selections while holding down the Command key. You can also select >> all a...

Re: De-select

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:48:53 -0400

Jim Correia to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-12 13:48:53 - On May 12, 2008, at 1:42 PM, Dennis wrote: > On May 12, 2008, at 10:04 AM, Chaz Larson wrote: > >> cmd-shift-A is "Select None", though OMM just now it's greyed out, >> possibly because there's a service with that key combo [though I'm >> not >>...

Re: De-select

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:47:42 -0400

Jim Correia to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-12 13:47:42 - On May 12, 2008, at 1:39 PM, Dean Matthews wrote: > OK, here's the situation: I have a page of HTML that has been hit by > spammers exploiting the form tag. > > The affected pages have 10,000 lines of porn spam which I need to > delete. There i...

Re: De-select

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:42:58 -0400

Dennis to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-12 13:42:58 - On May 12, 2008, at 10:04 AM, Chaz Larson wrote: > cmd-shift-A is "Select None", though OMM just now it's greyed out, > possibly because there's a service with that key combo [though I'm not > sure why that would grey out the menu item itself]. Ye...

Re: De-select

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:41:52 -0400

Dean Matthews to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-12 13:41:52 - On May 12, 2008, at 1:30 PM, Dennis wrote: > I don't know about BBEdit, but TextEdit allows non-contiguous > selections while holding down the Command key. You can also select > all and then hold the Command key to deselect portions. I can't g...

Re: De-select

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:39:15 -0400

Dean Matthews to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-12 13:39:15 - On May 12, 2008, at 1:27 PM, Richard Carr (Carr Scott Software) wrote: > How would that look? OK, here's the situation: I have a page of HTML that has been hit by spammers exploiting the form tag. The affected pages have 10,000 lines of porn s...

Re: De-select

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:30:52 -0400

Dennis to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-12 13:30:52 - On May 12, 2008, at 10:20 AM, Dean Matthews wrote: > On May 12, 2008, at 1:04 PM, Chaz Larson wrote: > >> cmd-shift-A is "Select None" > > I don't need select none, I need select "some" ;) I don't know about BBEdit, but TextEdit allows non-conti...

Re: De-select

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:27:33 -0400

Richard Carr (Carr Scott Software to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-12 13:27:33 - How would that look? Say you have some text selected and highlighted and then you'd want to to put BBEdit in a mode where you'd start selecting and dehighlighting the highlighted text? I'd get confused... Maybe it's easier to cmd-c cmd-n cmd-v an...

Re: De-select

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:20:46 -0400

Dean Matthews to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-12 13:20:46 - On May 12, 2008, at 1:04 PM, Chaz Larson wrote: > cmd-shift-A is "Select None" I don't need select none, I need select "some" ;) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Have a feature request? Not sure the sof...

Re: De-select

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:04:21 -0400

Chaz Larson to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-12 13:04:21 - On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Dean Matthews wrote: > Is there a key combo to deselect sections from a "select all" cmd-shift-A is "Select None", though OMM just now it's greyed out, possibly because there's a service with that ...

De-select

Mon, 12 May 2008 12:41:04 -0400

Dean Matthews to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-12 12:41:04 - Is there a key combo to deselect sections from a "select all" Thanks, Dean -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Have a feature request? Not sure the software's working correctly? If so, please send mail to...

viewing TeX files in Quick Look

Mon, 12 May 2008 11:36:25 -0400

Jason Davies to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-12 11:36:25 - not entirely OT given that these files are created with BBEdit, but is there any way to persuade Quick Look to read files with the extension 'tex'? i'm just starting with Leopard and this is rather annoying! It reads other 'unMac' files (like .bib) ...

Re: Newbie question

Thu, 08 May 2008 21:14:51 -0400

David Nicholls to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-08 21:14:51 - Maarten Sneep wrote: >>> The following shell-script opens anything as root in BBEdit: >>> >>> #/bin/sh >>> sudo open -a /Applications/BBEdit/BBEdit.app $@ >> >> I think you'll find that only works if BBEdit is not already running. >> And that wi...

switching the coding of various symbols

Thu, 08 May 2008 15:04:07 -0400

Rob Stevenson to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-08 15:04:07 - Hello, I have dozens of HTML files which contain things like ” for right double quote, and so on. I think this mess came out of an old Word file conversion process. I now use a different process, converting to the ” system, which ...

Re: Newbie question

Thu, 08 May 2008 13:32:33 -0400

Maarten Sneep to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-08 13:32:33 - On 8 mei 2008, at 07:40, Charlie Garrison wrote: > On 7/5/08 at 6:51 PM -0400, David Cortesi > wrote: > >> The following shell-script opens anything as root in BBEdit: >> >> #/bin/sh >> sudo open -a /Applications/BBEdit/...

Re: Newbie question

Thu, 08 May 2008 01:40:15 -0400

Charlie Garrison to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-08 01:40:15 - Good afternoon, On 7/5/08 at 6:51 PM -0400, David Cortesi wrote: >The following shell-script opens anything as root in BBEdit: > >#/bin/sh >sudo open -a /Applications/BBEdit/BBEdit.app $@ I think you'll find that only...

Re: Newbie need to zoom screen on new mac book

Wed, 07 May 2008 22:30:28 -0400

Franklin Bacheller to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-07 22:30:28 - On a MacBook Pro (1) in the Keyboard and Mouse control panel, check "use two fingers to scroll." Also check zoom while holding (choose the key of your choice). I use the control key. Then when I hold the control key while using the two finger sc...

Re: Newbie question

Wed, 07 May 2008 18:51:06 -0400

David Cortesi to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-07 18:51:06 - Re using BBEdit for protected files, nobody has mentioned the open command, which is very useful for connecting the command-line world of Terminal.app to the world of GUI applications (see "man open"). The following shell-script opens anything as roo...

Re: Newbie need to zoom screen on new mac book

Wed, 07 May 2008 11:08:28 -0400

Lewis@Gmail to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-07 11:08:28 - On 7-May-2008, at 06:58, Derek Belrose wrote: > On May 7, 2008, at 8:56 AM, Herbert Schulz wrote: >> You can also try to hold the Control key and scroll up (e.g., two >> finger scroll on the track pad). Ctl-Scroll Down reduces the >> magnification...

Re: Newbie need to zoom screen on new mac book

Wed, 07 May 2008 11:05:07 -0400

Lewis@Gmail to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-07 11:05:07 - On 7-May-2008, at 05:38, Bruce Jenks wrote: > No. I meant whole screen size....to zoom in a part of the whole > form so I > can read it on the tiny mac book screen. Bruce Jenks Hold down the control key and roll your scroll wheel/ball forward. ...

Re: Newbie need to zoom screen on new mac book

Wed, 07 May 2008 09:07:02 -0400

Derek Belrose to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-07 09:07:02 - On May 7, 2008, at 9:03 AM, Herbert Schulz wrote: > Howdy, > > Maybe it's in 10.5 but I don't have Zoom turned on (just checked in > System Preferences->Universal Access) and it still zooms using Ctl- > Scroll Up/Down. > > Good Luck, > > Herb ...

Re: Newbie need to zoom screen on new mac book

Wed, 07 May 2008 09:03:24 -0400

Herbert Schulz to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-07 09:03:24 - On May 7, 2008, at 7:58 AM, Derek Belrose wrote: > > On May 7, 2008, at 8:56 AM, Herbert Schulz wrote: >> >> Howdy, >> >> You can also try to hold the Control key and scroll up (e.g., two >> finger scroll on the track pad). Ctl-Scroll Down redu...

Re: Newbie need to zoom screen on new mac book

Wed, 07 May 2008 08:58:48 -0400

Derek Belrose to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-07 08:58:48 - On May 7, 2008, at 8:56 AM, Herbert Schulz wrote: > > Howdy, > > You can also try to hold the Control key and scroll up (e.g., two > finger scroll on the track pad). Ctl-Scroll Down reduces the > magnification. > > Good Luck, > > Herb Schulz...

Re: Newbie need to zoom screen on new mac book

Wed, 07 May 2008 08:56:48 -0400

Herbert Schulz to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-07 08:56:48 - On May 7, 2008, at 6:45 AM, Derek Belrose wrote: > Try option-command 8. > > Sorry :) > > -D Howdy, You can also try to hold the Control key and scroll up (e.g., two finger scroll on the track pad). Ctl-Scroll Down reduces the magnifi...

Re: Newbie need to zoom screen on new mac book

Wed, 07 May 2008 07:45:21 -0400

Derek Belrose to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-07 07:45:21 - Try option-command 8. Sorry :) -D On May 7, 2008, at 7:38 AM, Bruce Jenks wrote: > No. I meant whole screen size....to zoom in a part of the whole > form so I can read it on the tiny mac book screen. Bruce Jenks > > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at...

Re: Newbie need to zoom screen on new mac book

Wed, 07 May 2008 07:45:13 -0400

Derek Belrose to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-07 07:45:13 - Go to System Preferences -> Universal Access. Make sure you have a key binding set to turn on Zoom, by default mine is ctrl-option 8. You can set maximum zoom, and there are bindings for zoom in and out. -D On May 7, 2008, at 7:38 AM, Bruce J...

Re: Newbie need to zoom screen on new mac book

Wed, 07 May 2008 07:38:34 -0400

Bruce Jenks to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-07 07:38:34 - No. I meant whole screen size....to zoom in a part of the whole form so I can read it on the tiny mac book screen. Bruce Jenks On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Carl Thomas wrote: > Are you talking font size? > > If so go ... ...

Re: Mac newbie question: editing files in folders owned by root

Tue, 06 May 2008 20:10:03 -0400

Charlie Garrison to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-06 20:10:03 - Good morning, On 6/5/08 at 8:38 AM -0600, Doug McNutt wrote: >I suspect that the bbedit tool would do something similar > >cd your package directory >sudo touch the bbedit backup file you expect >sudo bbedit yourpac...

Re: Newbie need to zoom screen on new mac book

Tue, 06 May 2008 17:53:17 -0400

Dennis to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-06 17:53:17 - On May 6, 2008, at 2:26 PM, Bruce Jenks wrote: > I have a new mac book and have put BBEdit on it. I need to make the > screen data larger to see on this tiny screen. (big iMAC would be > nice, I admit.) Shouldn't the text size on a MacBook b...

Re: Newbie need to zoom screen on new mac book

Tue, 06 May 2008 17:33:12 -0400

Carl Thomas to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-06 17:33:12 - Are you talking font size? If so go ... VIEW/TEXT DISPLAY/SHOW FONTS/ or press Apple & 'T' Carl Ogma New Media Bruce Jenks wrote: > I have a new mac book and have put BBEdit on it. I need to m...

Newbie need to zoom screen on new mac book

Tue, 06 May 2008 17:26:51 -0400

Bruce Jenks to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-06 17:26:51 - I have a new mac book and have put BBEdit on it. I need to make the screen data larger to see on this tiny screen. (big iMAC would be nice, I admit.) Bruce Jenks bnjenks@gmailcom...

Re: Mac newbie question: editing files in folders owned by root

Tue, 06 May 2008 10:38:38 -0400

Doug McNutt to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-06 10:38:38 - At 17:12 +1000 5/6/08, David Nicholls wrote: >I want to edit some application template files that are embedded down two "package" levels - the packages and the files in question are owned by root. And I want to be able to write safe copies of the origin...

Re: Find, multi-file not working

Tue, 06 May 2008 09:43:18 -0400

Frieda Reichsman to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-06 09:43:18 - Errol, The "search nested folders" box was unchecked in Options. That's the problem. Thanks! Frieda On May 5, 2008, at 9:17 AM, Errol Sayre wrote: > Check the Multi-File Search options are set to include nested > folders and the approp...

Re: Find, multi-file not working

Tue, 06 May 2008 09:43:11 -0400

Sophie to BBEdit Talk on 2008-05-06 09:43:11 - Hi, Have you checked that at some point you didn t use the 'exclude matches' option in the Options of the search panel and left it active? Forgetting that checked option has caused me the kind of trouble you describe once or twice... Regards, ...