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.
-- Christian Boyce Christian Boyce and Associates Mac, iPhone, and iPad Consultants For appointments, please call the office: 424-354-3548. We do not make appointments by email or text. Read our latest newsletter: How to make Evernote stop opening every time you start your Mac Follow us on Twitter! http://twitter.com/christianboyce Be a fan on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/christianboyce.and.associates > 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 > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a > feature request or need technical support, please email > "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://www.twitter.com/bbedit> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit. -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://www.twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit.
