Hi All, I'm evaluating BBEdit at the moment. I tried BBEdit some time ago, but TextMate seemed better at the time. However after buying TextMate, I realised that it performs abysmally over an nfs share, so I'm back to trying the BBEdit demo.
The NFS issue is working very well in BBEdit, but I've a few questions I hope someone can help with... 1) Theres a way to open a folder in BBEdit, so that it appears as a filelist on the left. I know this because I've somehow managed to do it at some point, and it appears in my Recently Opened list as <Foldername> (and this is the only way I can open that folder currently) But I cant for the life of me figure out how to just open BBEdit, and then open a folder, so I see all files in that folder. This is how I like to develop, by just using a directory listing, not with project files or anything complicated. Ive tried Open, but the mac Open File dialog doesnt let you select a directory just a file. Any advice please? Im guessing its simple, and Im just being a bit blind :-( 2) Im a bit confused what sort of editor BBEdit aims to be, if Im honest? Most of the features seem to suggest its just a rich text/document editor, since it has lots of paragraph and text related reformatting options, and whilst it does have some neat options for coders, they seem to take back stage and are tucked away. Then again, whilst coding PHP, it does seem to recognise functions, provides autocomplete for them etc. I'd love to hear how other people are using BBEdit, are there any hardcore developers using it in preference to textmate? 3) Ive read BBEdit has SVN support, but the guide I read suggested enabling it in the options. I couldnt find any mentiond of SVN in the options, and I see no mention of SVN in the software itself. Could you tell me what Im missing please? Does this only appear once I've bought the software? Im perfectly willing to buy, just Ive spent money already on TextMate which wasnt suitable, so naturally Im a bit more keen to fully test things before parting with yet more money. Thanks for any advice. Im not advocating TextMate over BBEdit, ann I hope my thread doesnt come across that way. If anything, Id NOT recommend it, at least for my purposes and way of working Thanks
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