Detailed information on all of the changes in TextWrangler can be found at: In total, TextWrangler includes more than a hundred additions and refinements to this award-winning general purpose text editor. A new “Highlight instances of selected text” feature aids navigation new commands are provided to support editing tabular text, and make easier the manipulation of entire lines of text.Ĭustomers who later decide to step up to BBEdit 11 will retain user preferences, automatically imported, from an existing TextWrangler 5 installation.

This new version of TextWrangler provides a number of new built-in commands and editing gestures to enhance everyday productivity. “Zap Gremlins” has been extended to provide the option to use ASCII equivalents when replacing gremlins with the character code (thus replacing the old “Convert to ASCII” command), as well as an option to replace gremlins with HTML entities. Many factory-supported languages now sport additional color options, and TextWrangler 5.0 also includes several tastefully constructed built-in color schemes. TextWrangler’s new internal syntax coloring mechanics now allow much greater flexibility in color choices for language support. A new sidebar for folder comparisons identifies mismatched files and makes easy the process of copying files to bring two differing folders into harmony. The new Find Differences workflow provides a more efficient single-window presentation of results for both file and folder comparisons. “This new foundation supports Mac OS X back to Mountain Lion while being compatible with the newly released El Capitan, sets the stage for ongoing development, and enhances TextWrangler’s usability and power in ways that our customers can appreciate right now.” “With this new release, TextWrangler gains the latest advancements and extensive modernization that we did for BBEdit 11,” says Rich Siegel, founder and CEO of Bare Bones Software, Inc. In addition, TextWrangler 5.0 introduces new built-in support for EditorConfig and adds dozens of other enhancements and new features. Bare Bones Software Releases TextWrangler 5.0 – Now Compatible With OS X ‘El Capitan’īare Bones Software has announced the release and immediate availability of TextWrangler 5.0, a major upgrade to its free, high performance, general purpose text editor for Mac OS X.īuilt on a new, modernized foundation and compatible with Mac OS X 10.11 ‘El Capitan,’ TextWrangler 5.0 introduces newly overhauled systems for Find Differences and syntax coloring.

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