TextWrangler is a text editor made by Bare Bones Software, intended as a free counterpart to BBEdit.
Questions tagged [textwrangler]
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TextWrangler: hotkeys to move line up/down
In Eclipse you can press ALT-(arrows) to move a line up or down.
Has anyone discovered these hotkey features in TextWrangler?
Peter K.
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Text Editor that hilights all instances of selection for Mac
On Windows, I use Notepad++ which has the great feature of when I select a word, all instances of that word are also highlighted in the same document. I have found it very helpful for finding patterns in giant log files.
I am wondering if there is…
jedierikb
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How to delete all lines which contain a word with TextWrangler?
I have a giant file with thousands of lines, I want to delete only the lines which have the word "Foo" in them.
How would I go about doing this? I'm on a Mac, so I could use some command line utility, but I'd prefer to use TextWrangler.
Zee
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How does one open multiple tabs in TextWrangler?
No, I'm not bluffing. I really can't figure this out.
The setup:
I went to File -> Open, and then selected a directory rather than a file. As expected, a directory tree opened on the left side of my document. Hooray! I can easily view the files'…
Closure Cowboy
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Column selection in TextWrangler with keyboard only
I am aware that I can select a column (or block, or rectangle) of text in TextWrangler with Alt+mouse drag or Shift+Alt+ mouse click. Both of these actions require the use of mouse. I'd like to know if it's possible to do this with keyboard only.
shrx
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TextWrangler show Folder path
I'm new into TextWrangler. I'd like to let view a sidebar like on the following picture. (Which shows the folder path with included documents) Without knowing the name of this item, I don't know how to find it in the manual or in the menu for…
Kirinriki
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Open With TextWrangler for all files
How do I configure TextWrangler and Mac OS X, so that TextWrangler appears in "Open With…" submenu for all files, not just the text files (and other file types explicitly supported by TextWrangler)?
I don't want to configure all those non-standard…
maciej
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How to get rid of right-click menu "new TextWrangler document with selection" on Mac
I installed TextWrangler. Then I did not want it anymore and moved the app to the Trash. But the right click menu remained. I cannot figure out how to remove it.
hol
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textwrangler: how can I run without opening files?
TextWrangler has always worked great, but now it's hanging everytime I open it.
I suspect one of the files it's trying to open causes a problem.
Is there a way to run it without opening any files?
Jason S
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How can I use a text editor other than Vim with Git?
I hate Vim, but it seems to be the only program that correctly saves the file and executes a rebase interactive. Is there any way to use a different editor. I'd prefer to use a GUI, like Text Wrangler, but I'd use something like Nano, if it would…
Joe
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In TextWrangler for Mac OS X, how to change the selected text to lowercase using a keyboard shortcut?
I know how to use the menu to change case, but I want it to be a keyboard shortcut. Other text editor have this feature but I would prefer to stick with TextWrangler.
Does one already exist or is there another way, such as a Preference setting or an…
willc2
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how to prevent TextWrangler to highlight syntax on .txt files?
TextWrangler highlights syntax on my .txt files, how can I disable this?
It becomes really annoying when typing an apostrophe.
Petruza
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How to merge 2 columns to one in TextMate?
Anyone knows how would one merge such list as
item 1 item 2
item 3 item 4
to
item 1
item 2
item 3
item 4
in TextMate or TextWrangler?
Dan
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TextWrangler - save and restore open documents in session
How can I save all open documents in a TextWrangler session such that I can open the same session at a later time? (Looking for something comparable to Notepad++ file->Save Session / Load Session features)
The "Reopen documents that were open at…
Dan
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Textwrangler follows current space on mac
My textwrangler will follow me wherever I am, whichever space I'm active in.
Is there a way to turn this off?
Rob
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