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This article is from April 29, 2005, and is no longer current.

Bare Bones Software Releases BBEdit 8.2

Bare Bones Software today announced the release and immediate availability of BBEdit® 8.2, the latest version of the award-winning HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. BBEdit 8.2 now includes support for Automator, the new personal automation assistant in Mac OS X 10.4 (‘Tiger’) that simplifies repetitive or time-consuming tasks.
BBEdit 8.2 provides customers running Tiger with integrated Automator Actions that facilitate the incorporation of BBEdit’s renowned text processing abilities into any Automator multi-application workflow.
"Bare Bones Software has always produced power tools with leading-edge capabilities and strong automation ability," said Rich Siegel, founder and CEO of Bare Bones Software, Inc. "The Automator support in BBEdit 8.2 makes BBEdit’s legendary text transformation power available for an even wider variety of tasks. Automator is an amazing technology, and we’re excited to welcome it to the party."
"Automator is one of my favorite new features in Tiger," explained John Gruber, beta tester, technical writer and host of daringfireball.net. "It’s a feature that lives up to its billing — people really can use it to automate repetitive tasks, without having to write their own scripts. It’s great, and not the least bit surprising, to see Bare Bones Software providing support for Automator from day one."
BBEdit 8.2 is also a maintenance release to fix reported issues and add minor refinements and is a recommended update for all BBEdit 8 customers, including those running Mac OS X 10.3.x.
BBEdit 8.2 requires Mac OS X 10.3.5 or later. The BBEdit 8.2 update is available free of charge to all registered BBEdit 8 customers. An update package is available for download from the Bare Bones Software web site: https://www.barebones.com/support/updates.shtml
About BBEdit
BBEdit is the leading professional HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. Specifically crafted in response to the needs of professional Web authors and software developers, this award-winning product provides a plethora of features for editing, searching, and manipulation of text. BBEdit reliably transforms text with high performance.
An intelligent interface provides easy access to BBEdit’s best of class features including grep pattern matching, search and replace across multiple files, function navigation and syntax coloring for numerous source code languages, FTP and SFTP open and save, AppleScript, Perl and Mac OS X Unix scripting support, glossary support, intra-application automation, and a complete set of HTML tools.
Most recently, BBEdit 8 introduced over one hundred new features and improvements, including a new Documents Drawer and Navigation Bar interface, new Text Factories for intra-application text processing automation, numerous enhancements to the product’s signature HTML markup tools, improved Unicode support, integrated support for Perforce and Subversion, and much more.
For more information on BBEdit, or to download a fully functional demo version, visit the company’s web site: https://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/index.shtml
Pricing and Availability
BBEdit 8 is available at a suggested retail price of US$199. BBEdit 8 may be purchased directly from Bare Bones Software, the retail and online Apple Stores, and numerous major Macintosh software resellers. For a partial listing of domestic and international resellers, visit: https://www.barebones.com/store/resellers.shtml
A discounted cross-upgrade price of US$129 is available to registered owners of TextWrangler, and to owners of Adobe GoLive or Macromedia Dreamweaver. All registered owners of BBEdit version 2.5 and later are eligible to upgrade to BBEdit 8 by ordering directly from Bare Bones Software. Registered owners of BBEdit 7.0 and 7.1 can upgrade for US$49; registered owners of BBEdit 6.5 and older can upgrade for US$59.
Educational discounts and site license pricing are also available. For details please visit the company’s web site at https://www.barebones.com/store/index.shtml, send email to [email protected], or call (781) 687-0700.
About Bare Bones Software, Inc.
Bare Bones Software, Inc. develops leading-edge power tools for the Macintosh. The company’s passion for creating deeply functional software with a clean, effective interface has earned it devotion from Mac users worldwide. The company’s award-winning products include BBEdit, a professional HTML and text editor, Mailsmith, an extra-strength email client, and TextWrangler, a high-performance plain text editor. The company’s expanding product family also includes Super Get Info, a file and folder info utility. Bare Bones Software has been crafting fine Mac software since 1993 and operates as a privately-held corporation based in Bedford, MA. For more information, visit https://www.barebones.com/ or send email to [email protected].

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