Bare Bones Software Releases BBEdit 8.2; First Commercial Application With Integrated Automator Actions for Powerful Text Handling on Mac OS X ''Tiger''.BEDFORD, Mass. -- Bare Bones Software Bare Bones Software is a Bedford, Massachusetts, USA software company developing software tools for the Apple Macintosh platform. The company is best known for its BBEdit text editor, marketed under the registered trademark "It doesn't suck. today announced the release and immediate availability of BBEdit(R) 8.2, the latest version of the award-winning HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. and text editor for the Macintosh. BBEdit 8.2 now includes support for Automator, the new personal automation assistant in Mac OS X 10.4 ("Tiger") that simplifies repetitive or time-consuming tasks. BBEdit 8.2 provides customers running Tiger with integrated Automator Actions that facilitate the incorporation of BBEdit's renowned text processing abilities into any Automator multi-application workflow. "Bare Bones Software has always produced power tools with leading-edge capabilities and strong automation ability," said Rich Siegel, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Bare Bones Software, Inc. "The Automator support in BBEdit 8.2 makes BBEdit's legendary text transformation power available for an even wider variety of tasks. Automator is an amazing technology, and we're excited to welcome it to the party." "Automator is one of my favorite My Favorite is an independent synthpop band from Long Island, New York. They released two CDs: Love at Absolute Zero and Happiest Days of Our Lives. My Favorite broke up on September 14, 2005, when singer Andrea Vaughn left the band. new features in Tiger," explained John Gruber John Gruber (born 1973) is a technical writer and technology pundit, and author of Apple- and Web-related blog Daring Fireball, which he writes as a full-time job. , beta tester, technical writer and host of daringfireball.net. "It's a feature (jargon) it's a feature - From the adage "It's not a bug, it's a feature." Used sarcastically to describe an unpleasant experience that you wish to gloss over. that lives up to its billing -- people really can use it to automate repetitive tasks, without having to write their own scripts. It's great, and not the least bit surprising, to see Bare Bones Software providing support for Automator from day one." BBEdit 8.2 is also a maintenance release to fix reported issues and add minor refinements and is a recommended update for all BBEdit 8 customers, including those running Mac OS X 10.3.x. BBEdit 8.2 requires Mac OS X 10.3.5 or later. The BBEdit 8.2 update is available free of charge to all registered BBEdit 8 customers. An update package is available for download from the Bare Bones Software web site: http://www.barebones.com/support/updates.shtml About BBEdit BBEdit is the leading professional HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. Specifically crafted in response to the needs of professional Web authors and software developers, this award-winning product provides a plethora of features for editing, searching, and manipulation of text. BBEdit reliably transforms text with high performance. An intelligent interface provides easy access to BBEdit's best of class features including grep pattern matching 1. pattern matching - A function is defined to take arguments of a particular type, form or value. When applying the function to its actual arguments it is necessary to match the type, form or value of the actual arguments against the formal arguments in some definition. , search and replace across multiple files, function navigation and syntax coloring for numerous source code languages, FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to and SFTP (1) (SSH FTP) Transferring files using the secure SSH protocol. See SSH. (2) (Simple FTP) An earlier non-secure FTP program. See FTP and SSH. sFTP - Secure File Transfer Protocol open and save, AppleScript, Perl and Mac OS X Unix scripting support, glossary support, intra-application automation, and a complete set of HTML tools. Most recently, BBEdit 8 introduced over one hundred new features and improvements, including a new Documents Drawer and Navigation Bar A set of buttons or graphic images typically in a row or column used as a central point that link you to major topic sections on a Web site. If the navigation bar is a single graphic image with multiple selections, it is known as an imagemap. See imagemap. interface, new Text Factories for intra-application text processing automation, numerous enhancements to the product's signature HTML markup tools, improved Unicode support, integrated support for Perforce per·force adv. By necessity; by force of circumstance. [Middle English par force, from Old French : par, by (from Latin per; see per) + force, force and Subversion, and much more. For more information on BBEdit, or to download a fully functional demo version 1. demo version - An early, barely-functional version of a program which can be used for demonstration purposes as long as the operator uses *exactly* the right commands and skirts its numerous bugs, deficiencies, and unimplemented portions. 2. , visit the company's web site: http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/index.shtml Pricing and Availability BBEdit 8 is available at a suggested retail price of US$199. BBEdit 8 may be purchased directly from Bare Bones Software, the retail and online Apple Stores, and numerous major Macintosh software resellers. For a partial listing of domestic and international resellers, visit: http://www.barebones.com/store/resellers.shtml A discounted cross-upgrade price of US$129 is available to registered owners of TextWrangler, and to owners of Adobe GoLive or Macromedia Dreamweaver. All registered owners of BBEdit version 2.5 and later are eligible to upgrade to BBEdit 8 by ordering directly from Bare Bones Software. Registered owners of BBEdit 7.0 and 7.1 can upgrade for US$49; registered owners of BBEdit 6.5 and older can upgrade for US$59. Educational discounts and site license pricing are also available. For details please visit the company's web site at http://www.barebones.com/store/index.shtml, send email to sales@barebones.com, or call (781) 687-0700. About Bare Bones Software, Inc. Bare Bones Software, Inc. develops leading-edge power tools for the Macintosh. The company's passion for creating deeply functional software with a clean, effective interface has earned it devotion from Mac users worldwide. The company's award-winning products include BBEdit, a professional HTML and text editor, Mailsmith, an extra-strength email client, and TextWrangler, a high-performance plain text editor. The company's expanding product family also includes Super Get Info Super Get Info is an application by Bare Bones Software that they have billed as a replacement for the Get Info command in Mac OS X. Features
TextWrangler, Super Get Info and the Bare Bones Software logo are trademarks of, and BBEdit, Mailsmith and "It doesn't suck" are registered trademarks of Bare Bones Software, Inc. Copyright (c) 2005, all rights reserved. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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