Take Control of BBEdit

Read this 199-page ebook to learn how to:

Set up BBEdit for maximum efficiency:

• Configure key standard and expert preferences for optimal usage.
• Sync BBEdit settings and support files between Macs using Dropbox.
• Create text factories that automate sequences of text processing commands.
• Create "clippings" of boilerplate text, complete with dynamic placeholders.
• Use Dropbox or a version control system to track versions of documents.
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• Collect multiple resources--including files, folders, and URLs--into a single project window.
• Use BBEdit's many options for opening and saving files.
• Work with remote files via BBEdit's FTP/SFTP browser windows.
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• Control BBEdit with keyboard shortcuts.
• Write faster with text completion of words, code snippets, HTML tags, and more.
• Clean up text with spurious tabs, incorrect case, gremlin characters, and more.
• Search for and replace text across multiple documents at once.
• Learn how to use grep pattern matching for powerful searches.
• Write in Markdown, and preview Markdown documents.
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• Discover best practices for commenting and revision tracking.
• Compare multiple versions of documents.
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• Create HTML and CSS files using BBEdit's effective, extensive markup tools.
• Preview dynamic pages locally with user-defined preview templates.
• Clean up old or badly coded Web pages.
• Build Web sites using templates and includes.
• Connect BBEdit to Fetch, Interarchy, or Transmit to edit remote files.
• Maintain Web sites in BBEdit using four different workflows.
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