That is exactly what I was looking for.  I can't tell you how long I scoured 
the documentation, but completely forgot to check the damn release notes.

Thank you, Dennis.
--
Brian

On Aug 13, 2010, at 10:53 AM, Dennis Cox wrote:

> 
> 
> 
>> From: Brian Frick <[email protected]>
>> Reply-To: <[email protected]>
>> Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:51:43 -0500
>> To: <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: Saved window state frustration
>> 
>> No... I have tried that.  I can "save default window" and any new window
>> behaves properly.  It's only windows that aren't saved in the default-window
>> configuration that are re-opening in the last saved state.
>> 
>> I swear there used to be an option somewhere that said "Retain window state 
>> on
>> save" or something like that; if it was unchecked, then windows would re-open
>> in default config..
>> --
>> Brian
>> 
>> On Aug 13, 2010, at 10:46 AM, Kerri Hicks wrote:
>> 
>>> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Brian Frick <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> At one point, there was a setting to save (or not save) window state.  In
>>>> BBE9, it has been moved, removed, changed, or something to the point where 
>>>> I
>>>> cannot find the setting.
>>>> 
>>>> Can anyone direct me to the preference?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Do you mean the item under the Window menu, called "Save Default Window"?
>>> 
>>> --Kerri
>>> 
> 
> This has changed.
> 
> From the 9.5 release notes:
> 
> The internal format of saved document state has been reworked, as well as
> the behaviors for saving and loading it. The most important visible changes
> are as follows:
> 
> When saving state, BBEdit captures only those settings which are fundamental
> to the document (window position, selection range, folds, splitter setting),
> or settings which vary from the global preferences. The latter ensures that
> changes to the global preferences are never inappropriately overridden by
> document state.
> 
> So, for example, if the default document font is Consolas when you save the
> document, and the document uses that font, but you change the global
> preference to Menlo before the next time you open that same document, the
> document's font will be set to Menlo. (Note that this behavior applies to
> any document setting which takes its default from the prefs; the font is
> used only to illustrate.)
> 
> This change should resolve lots of confusion surrounding the question of "I
> changed my prefs, how come my document settings don't reflect that?"
> 
> The internal data format of the state has changed to accommodate this new
> behavior. Documents with existing saved state will exhibit the old behavior
> when they are opened; this is not a bug. BBEdit will write out the new state
> format the next time you save the document.
> 
> Note that the new format is not backward-compatible; so if you open the
> document with an older version of BBEdit, the new format state will be
> ignored.
> 
> Also:
> 
> If you are using the expert preference to save state in the document's
> resource fork (rather than in a central location), please note that the new
> format state data is not actually saved in a resource anymore - it is now
> written into an extended attribute, which you can verify from the command
> line using xattr -l /path/to/some/file.
> And finally:
> 
> A new "Normalize Options" command is available on the Edit menu. This
> command will reset the front document's display and editing options to the
> current defaults established by your preferences (including any
> language-specific overrides), and clear the document's saved state. This can
> be useful in situations where previously saved state is restored and
> contains undesired variances from your preferences.
> 
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