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Color Your Code

Color Your Code
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P. J. Connolly
P. J. Connolly
Aug 25, 2011
1 minute read
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Color Your Code

1

Color schemes in BBEdit 10 default to a code-based view for 64 predefined programming languages; the software accepts user-defined languages as well.


Overhauled Preferences

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The Preferences pane was reorganized for clarity and ease of use in BBEdit 10; the pane adjusts size to fit each tabs content.


Site Settings Separated

3

The Setup pane of BBEdit 10 provides access to job-specific configuration details, leaving user preferences in a separate pane.


Seamless Replace in ZIP Archives

4

Search-and-replace in BBEdit 10 now works within ZIP-format archives; once a file is updated, BBEdit returns it to the compressed archives.


Powerful HTML Markup

5

The HTML markup tools in BBEdit now offer users full access to all available attributes of a page element.

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