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- Greetings, BBEdit Users!
-
- This version of BBEdit is the first public release of a program that has
- been over two years in the making. During that time, BBEdit has
- undergone continuous refinement and improvement.
-
- BBEdit offers the following as its strengths:
-
- • High quality. BBEdit has achieved a remarkable level of stability
- for freeware; it has received years of in-house and external testing.
- The user interface is the result of extensive user feedback and
- polishing.
-
- • File size limited only by available memory. BBEdit's default
- partition size is 512K of RAM. This can be set as low as 256K,
- to make BBEdit the ideal constantly-resident editor for small
- to moderate tasks, or turned up as high as necessary to edit
- many large files or perform large-scale search-and-replace
- operations.
-
- • No hard limit on number of files open. The number of files
- that BBEdit can have open at once is limited by available
- memory, and can be increased or decreased by adjusting
- BBEdit's partition size as appropriate.
-
- • Easy manipulation of multiple files at once. An "Open Several…"
- command makes it possible to open multiple files from different
- folders at once, and the Save and Print commands can operate
- on all open files at once. Multi-file searches can also be
- limited to the set of open files.
-
- • Strong multi-file search capabilities. Under System 7.0, BBEdit
- can use On Location™ 2.0 as a search engine for fast, large-scale
- searches. A "Batch Mode" provides a way to accumulate search results
- for easy viewing and browsing. BBEdit can also search by straight
- directory scan, examining open windows, or examining the search
- results. A "Find and Replace All Matches" feature provides
- capability for multiple-file search and replace.
-
- • Pattern ("grep") searching. Matching patterns can be constructed
- so that strings other than exact literal matches can be found and
- replaced; for example, converting Pascal comments to C comments,
- or locating all occurrences of strings which begin with a "P" and
- end with "er".
-
- • System 7 awareness. Besides supporting all of the basic System 7
- functionality such as 32-bit mode, virtual memory, and the like,
- BBEdit also takes advantage of specific System 7 functionality
- wherever possible in order to either improve performance or
- to improve its appearance. This is done without sacrificing
- System 6 compatibility. BBEdit also includes help balloons for
- most of its menus and dialogs.
-
- • High performance. Try and enjoy.
-
- Why Believe Me?
-
- I'm not the only person who says nice things about BBEdit; the following
- quotes are from BBEdit's beta sites:
-
- "I think it's a great package." - Dan Morrow
-
- "BBEdit takes all those things that you really need in a text editor and
- gives it to you in a fast and easy format." - Essam Khairullah
-
- "The Macintosh community has needed a product like this for a long time!"
- - Neal Trautman
-
- "It is a great text editor!" - Steve Holden
-
- "...Finally an editor that works for you, and lets you work
- more efficiently. Have been using it since the beta testing
- have made it the default editor." - Chris Khoury
-
- "BBEdit has become part of how I use my Macintosh." - Rob Pickering
-
- About PopUpFuncs
-
- BBEdit is delivered with a demo version of PopUpFuncs. PopUpFuncs is a
- utility for programmers which provides a popup menu with a list of functions in
- a C or Pascal file (determined by whether the file ends in .c or .p), and
- allows the user to navigate the file by choosing the name of a function from
- the menu.
-
- For more information, you should read the "AboutPopUpFuncs.c" file in the
- "PopUpFuncs Demo Folder" that was included in your BBEdit distribution.
-
- Operational Details
-
- To learn some of the details of using BBEdit, read the file "BBEdit Notes".
- It contains detailed information on the features and functionality of BBEdit,
- and how to best take advantage of them.
-
- The construction of patterns for use with the "grep" searching function
- is described in the Microsoft Word 4.0 document entitied "All About Grep".
-
- (The "All About Grep" document was originally written by Jon Hueras
- of THINK Technologies.)
-
- A Note of Thanks...
-
- ...to all of the beta sites, Unindicted Co-Consipirators, and others
- who helped make BBEdit what it is.
-
- A Note About Shareware vs. Freeware
-
- I have released a number of shareware programs over time, and I have found
- that the cash return is so small as to be useless. From a user's point of view,
- I object to being "guilt-tripped" into sending some tiny amount of money for a
- program, and I can see no justifiable reason to expect others to do what I'm
- no longer willing to do. For these and other reasons, I am releasing BBEdit as
- "freeware": I ask for no money for the right for others to use it and give it
- away. My reward will come, hopefully, in the form of letters asking me to
- enhance it, and in seeing BBEdit become a widespread general-purpose text
- editor.
-
- Some Minor Legal Stuff
-
- Although BBEdit is free, it is not "public domain". It is copyrighted,
- and the copyright will be enforced whenever appropriate.
-
- • The source is not, and will never be, available.
-
- • BBEdit cannot be sold, either by itself or in combination with
- any other product, without my express written permission. The one
- exception to this rule is made for user groups. If you're a user group
- which is publishing a CD-ROM or floppy collection, you may include
- BBEdit and all of its included files without restriction, save that
- the original package is included. Contact me for up-to-date
- versions and information.
-
- • BBEdit may be posted on an information service which charges
- its users for general connection time and downloading, but it may
- NOT be posted to an information service which will charge for the
- specific right to download BBEdit, without my express written
- permission.
-
- • BBEdit may be given away as a support utility for a package
- which is itself to be given away. People who have need to
- distribute BBEdit as a support utility should contact me
- for up-to-date versions and information.
-
- • The following warranty is merely to cover the bases:
-
- Rich Siegel makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect
- to the software or documentation including (but not limited to)
- implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
- particular purpose. In no event will Rich Siegel be liable for
- loss of profits or goodwill or other indirect, special,
- incidental, or consequential damages resulting from any
- defect in the software or documentation, even if advised of the
- possibility of such damages. Rich Siegel shall have no liability
- for any data stored with this program, including the costs of
- recovering such data.
-
- Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of implied
- warranties or liability for incidental or consequential
- damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply
- to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may
- also have other rights which vary from state to state.
-
- BBEdit is copyright ©1992 by Richard M. Siegel. All rights reserved.
-
- Questions? Problems? Praise? Suggestions? Want to be a beta site?
- Address correspondence to:
-
- Rich Siegel
- 6 Village Way #23
- Natick, MA 01760
-
- Internet/Usenet: siegel@world.std.com
-
- If you need an up-to-date version, send written correspondence with
- a stamped, self-addressed floppy mailer, and either a floppy or $2.00
- to the above address.
-