![]() To take advantage of this integration you must run System 7 however, BBEdit does work under System 6. support for DOS files (LF support etc.)īBEdit communicates via Apple events to the MPW ToolServer, THINK Reference 2.0, and the Symantec compilers.compare tools similar to the MPW compare script.A few of the features I particularly appreciated were: ![]() Using BBEdit as the main editor in conjunction with the new Symantec 6.0 Project Manager is virtually seamless and adds a host of features that you won’t find in the standard Symantec editor. The Glossary browser allows you to access the glossary feature of BBEdit. The Compile Error browser lists all errors generated by the Symantec compiler – more about it later. Note that this means that the THINK Project Manager doesn’t have to be running in order to parse the projects! BBEdit can also open project documents created by THINK C 5.0 or THINK Pascal 4.0. You can view any text files included in the project or automatically launch the Project to start using it. The Project browsers allow you to look at the contents of any Symantec Version 6.0 Project to see which files or libraries (sub-projects) are in the project. You can select and copy any text displayed in the browser, but you cannot edit the file without opening an edit window. BBEdit is also compatible with the Claris XTND file filters. The disk/file browsers allow you to browse any installed file system and view any files that BBEdit recognizes in the bottom panel of the browser. It can show multiple disk/file browsers, multiple Symantec Project browsers, a compile error browser, and a glossary browser. It should be noted that this is not BBEdit’s fault, since it needs a minimum of 320K of memory – more for lots of open documents.īBEdit has two basic kinds of windows, browser windows and edit windows. Your use will vary depending on the size of your system and projects. With only 8 MB available I found that I could leave the THINK Project Manger and BBEdit open simultaneously and had to alternate between using the Symantec Debugger or the THINK Reference (but not both). This was no problem with the Mac IIcx/Rocket (32 MB) and the LC III (20 MB) but worked less well on the PowerBook 170 (8 MB). BBEdit ran equally well on all platforms, but is the most useful when there is plenty of memory available to have all the above Apple event-savvy applications loaded and running. I have used BBEdit version 2.5 in conjunction with Symantec C++ 6.0, Think Reference 2.0, and the MPW ToolServer on several Macintosh platforms – a Mac IIcx with Radius Rocket 25i, a Mac LC III, and a PowerBook 170 – all running System 7.1. I have used BBEdit 2.5 since the release of the Symantec C++ compiler and will, for the most part, be reviewing this commercial version of the product. You will be working with a stable, well-written text editor that has been fine-tuned for software development. You won’t be inserting any graphics or QuickTime movies into BBEdit – nor will you be changing the font or font style every other paragraph. BBEdit is not a word processor in the sense of Nisus or Word. BBEdit is a text-only editor well-suited for software developers. BBEdit has too many features for me to completely cover them all in the space of this review, but I will try to cover those that I found most interesting.įirst, let’s talk a little about what BBEdit is. Unlike BBEdit Lite 2.3, BBEdit 2.5 is the commercial version of BBEdit (yes – you pay for this one – but it is worth it!) and sports a host of new features not available in previous versions. BBEdit Lite has everything that 2.2 has, except:īare-Bones Software released BBEdit 2.5 about the time of the Apple World Wide Developers conference. It is, however, the official freeware version of BBEdit – version 2.2 is no longer supported. BBEdit Lite 2.3 is a smaller version of BBEdit 2.2 but lacks some of the features of 2.2. Not only was it free, but there was an Internet address for support: Since then, two other versions of BBEdit have become available: BBEdit Lite 2.3 and BBEdit 2.5. I first started using BBEdit 2.2 about six months ago and was impressed with all of the features available in this freeware package from Bare-Bones Software. President, Johnston/Johnston Consulting, Macintosh Developer ![]()
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