Bare Bones Software Ships TextWrangler 1.0; New General Purpose Text Editing Product for Writers, Programmers and System Administrators.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2003

Bare Bones Software, Inc. today shipped TextWrangler(TM), a new product for general purpose text editing and processing of data. TextWrangler runs only on the Mac(R) OS (including Mac OS X) and is available immediately for electronic delivery from (http://www.barebones.com/) for an affordable introductory price of US$49.

Efficient and low-overhead, TextWrangler serves as an editor for composing and modifying plain text and text-oriented data, including Unicode (UTF-8 and UTF-16) files and most non-Roman single-byte files. To aid in its use for composition, TextWrangler includes an integrated spell checker and an assortment of character formatting commands.

TextWrangler is a powerful tool for system administrators, able to transparently read and write text files originating on a variety of platforms, and on remote servers accessible via FTP. TextWrangler features fast multi-file searching and replacing with optional PCRE (Perl-compatible Regular Expression) matching, a rich plug-in architecture and an array of built-in text transformation functions.

"You can really see Bare Bones Software's legendary commitment to solid engineering and product quality in every aspect of TextWrangler -- including its documentation -- and combined with the low price and Bare Bones Software's unrivalled Technical Support, you have a new high water mark for technical software on any platform," said Terje Bless, programmer and system administrator.

"TextWrangler allows you to wield great power when editing and manipulating text, yet is easy to use and consumes very few system resources in light-duty use," explained Rich Siegel, founder and CEO of Bare Bones Software. "Priced for any budget, TextWrangler is a useful alternative to word processors for composition, and powerful enough to handle the heavy lifting when processing large amounts of text data."

"TextWrangler is a very robust text engine that offers only pleasant surprises," said Jan Erik Mostrom, beta-tester and software developer. "It is an excellent text munging tool that makes it possible to remotely edit files on other computers. TextWrangler is fast and solid with the stability you'd expect from a Bare Bones Software tool."

Mac OS X users with administrative privileges can use TextWrangler's "authenticated save" feature to modify files owned by the "root" user. TextWrangler can be integrated into Unix scripts and workflows by means of the "edit" tool, which allows TextWrangler to be invoked from the Unix command line.

For software developers TextWrangler presents syntax coloring and source-code navigation for ANSI C, C++ and Objective C source files. The Find Differences command allows programmers to easily determine differences between similar files. Integration with Project Builder (v2.1 or higher required) and built-in support for Mac OS X developer help combine with TextWrangler's features to bring affordable power to programmers.

For more information on TextWrangler, or to download a fully functional demo version, visit the company's web site: (http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/).

System Requirements, Pricing and Availability

TextWrangler requires Mac OS v9.1 or later (v9.2.2 recommended) or Mac OS X v10.1.5 or later (v10.2.4 strongly recommended).

TextWrangler is available today for purchase and electronic download directly from Bare Bones Software for an introductory price of US$49. Multi-packs and site licenses are also available by contacting ([e-mail]). TextWrangler is not available through resellers. For details please visit the company's Web site at: (http://www.barebones.com/store/index.shtml).

About Bare Bones Software, Inc.

Bare Bones Software, Inc., incorporated in 1994, is a privately-held corporation based in Bedford, MA. BBEdit, the company's flagship product, has received numerous accolades from press and users, including a 2001 Macworld Editor's Choice Award, a "Great" rating from MacAddict Magazine, and a rating of 4-and-a-half mice from Macworld Magazine. The company's expanding product family also includes TextWrangler, a high-performance plain text editor, Mailsmith, and Super Get Info. For more information, visit (http://www.barebones.com/) or send email to ([e-mail]).

Note to Editors: TextWrangler, BBEdit, and the Bare Bones Software logo are trademarks of, and "It doesn't suck" is a registered trademark of Bare Bones Software, Inc. Copyright (c) 2003, All rights reserved. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.