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   TextWrangler 4.5

   Agen G. N. Schmitz

   Offering a significant update to its free general-purpose text editor,
   Bare Bones Software has released [1]TextWrangler 4.5 with a
   Dostoevsky-ian list of additions, improvements, and fixes that brings
   the app in line with many of the current features found in its more
   powerful (and non-free) sibling, BBEdit. One of the first additions
   you'll notice is the new Go menu, which liberates several navigation
   commands from the previously overcrowded Search menu. Like BBEdit's Go
   Menu, you'll be able to navigate between 'jump points' within a
   document ' either those spots where you've placed a cursor or ones that
   you specifically set. You can move around to the various points by
   selecting Previous or Next from the Go menu, or specify a Line Number.

   [2][tn_textwrangler-gomenu.jpg]

   The Search menu adds a Compare Against Previous Version item, which
   utilizes OS X's Versions to compare the active document against a
   previously saved version. And document versioning goes back to the
   point where the document was originally saved (as long as you don't hit
   the limit set by OS X). The document window has been rejiggered along
   the lines of BBEdit, with the text view toolbar at the top (displaying
   the document path) slimmed down to a single line and Last Saved
   indicator moved to the bottom. A new keyboard preference has been
   added, enabling you to move the insertion point by pressing Page Up or
   Page Down (added to aid those 'refugees from other platforms' where
   that's the default behavior). The text editor is also now compatible
   with Retina displays.

   TextWrangler 4.5 requires Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard or later.
   However, if you want to use the new versioning functionality, you'll
   need at least 10.7 Lion. (Free from Bare Bones Software and the [3]Mac
   App Store, 9.6 MB, [4]release notes)

References

   1. http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/
   2. http://tidbits.com/resources/2013-02/textwrangler-gomenu.png
   3. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/textwrangler/id404010395?mt=12
   4. http://www.barebones.com/support/textwrangler/notes_tw45.html

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