BBEdit 10 only $39.99 until 19th October, 2011

pdurrant · 07-19-2011, 04:35 PM

Mac users might like to consider getting the excellent BBEdit text editor, which has just gone up a version number to version 10, for a special introductory price of $39.99.

It's a really good XHTML/CSS text editor, with all sorts of useful checks and aids to creating good, valid XHTML documents.

http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/

user_none · 07-19-2011, 08:16 PM

How does it compare to TextWrangler?

pdurrant · 07-20-2011, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by user_none

How does it compare to TextWrangler?

BBEdit does more things. In particular, BBEdit has specific HTML editing tools.

TextWrangler is a free text editor by the same company. They have a comparison page.

twedigteam · 07-20-2011, 12:22 PM

One thing I've noticed about using BBEdit to edit ePubs, using the Markup Preview in a browser does not load an external style sheet [nor images] when checking edits. I'm guessing this is an issue accessing the .OPF for this info, but it makes it really difficult to see changes (as opposed to using something like Sigil), as an ePub has to be reloaded into a browser or desktop reader for every little change.

Anyone with a solution or suggestion to this "problem"?

twedigteam · 07-20-2011, 02:02 PM

Also, to add to this: BBEdit does not appear to be able to find the content.opf and toc.ncx file when unzipping on its own. It is still necessary to unzip outside of the program (using a different utility) and open the two files separately (somewhat negating the zip feature of this new version of BBEdit).

pdurrant · 07-20-2011, 02:30 PM

I don't know. I'm very much hoping that the new edit-in-place in zip files will allow tweaking of ePubs without unzipping/rezipping manually.

If it doesn't work well, I'll certainly be suggesting that it should to the developers.

07-19-2011, 04:35 PM	#1
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,492 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	BBEdit 10 only $39.99 until 19th October, 2011 Mac users might like to consider getting the excellent BBEdit text editor, which has just gone up a version number to version 10, for a special introductory price of $39.99. It's a really good XHTML/CSS text editor, with all sorts of useful checks and aids to creating good, valid XHTML documents. http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/

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user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,488 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	How does it compare to TextWrangler?

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twedigteam Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Sony eReader	One thing I've noticed about using BBEdit to edit ePubs, using the Markup Preview in a browser does not load an external style sheet [nor images] when checking edits. I'm guessing this is an issue accessing the .OPF for this info, but it makes it really difficult to see changes (as opposed to using something like Sigil), as an ePub has to be reloaded into a browser or desktop reader for every little change. Anyone with a solution or suggestion to this "problem"?

07-20-2011, 02:02 PM	#5
twedigteam Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Sony eReader	Also, to add to this: BBEdit does not appear to be able to find the content.opf and toc.ncx file when unzipping on its own. It is still necessary to unzip outside of the program (using a different utility) and open the two files separately (somewhat negating the zip feature of this new version of BBEdit).

07-20-2011, 02:30 PM	#6
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,492 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	I don't know. I'm very much hoping that the new edit-in-place in zip files will allow tweaking of ePubs without unzipping/rezipping manually. If it doesn't work well, I'll certainly be suggesting that it should to the developers.

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