An AppleScript to make these changes (and another to change them back) would be 
nice. I’ll look into it unless someone’s done it already. 



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> On Apr 7, 2019, at 9:52 AM, Jim Leff <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Know anyone who'd like using BBEdit but finds it too geeky? The following 
> pref tweaks make BBEdit friendly to writers, yielding a familiar plain 
> rectangle for new docs and a less cluttered look for those accustomed to word 
> processors (whose WYSIWYG approach is getting as archaic as steam engines).
> 
> I'd always used BBEdit for web dev, and sometimes for blog posts, but these 
> tweaks left me with an app I can live for all writing tasks (exception: book 
> publishers still need DOCX files).
> 
> 
> ==========
> *Prefs: Appearance* 
> 
> Deselect line numbers and gutter 
> 
> 
> *Prefs: Application* 
> 
> Deselect “Always Show Full Paths in Open Recent Menu 
> Select “When Bbedit Becomes Active, New Text Document” 
> 
> 
> *Prefs: Editing* 
> 
> "Show Text Completions Only Manually" 
> Deselect “Display Instances of Selected Text 
> 
> 
> *Prefs: Editor Defaults* 
> 
> Select “Softwrap Text to: Character Width: 80 
> Default Font: I like Optima Regular 14 
> 
> 
> *Prefs: Printing* 
> 
> Deselect “Print Page Headers” 
> Deselect “Print Full Pathname” 
> Deselect “Print Line Numbers” 
> Deselect “Print Color Syntax” 
> Unfortunately, we’re stuck with either time stamp or "date saved" stamp 
> 
> 
> *Prefs: Text Files* 
> 
> Select "Make Backup Before Saving" 
> Select "Keep Historical Backgrounds" 
> 
> 
> *Prefs: menus and shortcuts* 
> 
> Choose "Simple Menus" (button at lower left) 
> Deselect #!, 
> 
> 
> *View Menu* 
> 
> Hide Navigation Bar 
> Text Display: Hide Page Guide  
> Text Display: Hide Gutter 
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