Bare Bones Software has released a new update to BBEdit, version 9.1, available free to owners of BBEdit 9.0 or later.

Major changes in version 9.1 include:

  • A new antialiased code editing font, Consolas Regular
  • The internal FTP implementation has been rewritten to improve performance and reliability.
  • The file filtering interface supports a new term: “File Path”. This is a simple string match against a given file’s full path.
  • The Text Files preference pane carries a new option: “Trim trailing whitespace”. If this preference is enabled, BBEdit will trim all trailing non-vertical whitespace from the file before writing it out.
  • Editing: General has a new control: “Include dictionary words in completion list”
  • The CSS markup tools and function parser are now in sync with the logic used by the syntax coloring engine: a style element’s contents are considered to be CSS if there is no type attribute, or if there is one, and it’s value is “text/css”.
  • If a project document is open, Open File by Name and Open Selection will look in the project for matches, first examining discrete file entries, and then (if necessary) searching any folders in the project. If multiple projects are open, BBEdit will use the frontmost one (in window Z order).
  • Language modules may now be installed by double-clicking them (or by drag-and-drop to the application). Plug-ins and language modules both offer an “Install and Relaunch” option.
  • The factory default font is now Consolas-12. If you never chose a default font before, your documents may now display in Consolas-12. If this is not to your liking, adjust the display font accordingly in the “Editor Defaults” preferences.
  • Removed the “Create New Document” checkbox from the New HTML Document dialog; it always creates a new document now.
  • The default line break description for CR is “Classic Mac” to attempt to discourage people from choosing it inappropriately. Both the preference pane and the Save dialog now use the same wording.

BBEdit 9.1 can be downloaded from: http://www.barebones.com/support/bbedit/updates.html.