Regular Expression for EOF

Jamie — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:13:56 +0000

The regular expression to match the end of a file is \z

Very handy.

BBEdit Modal Find Dialog

Jamie — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:26:00 +0000

I have just switched from the wonderfully full-featured TextWrangler to its big brother BBEdit, created by the insanely talented and wonderfully generous BareBones Software. I’ve been using TextWrangler for over five years now and swear by it, not only is it completely free to download and use but comes with so many features that, for me, it’s the defacto Mac text editor. The reason for upgrading to BBEdit is to gain a couple of power-features including collapsable code sections. After upgrading I found that the modal search dialog has been replaced, I’m sure it has its benefits but personally I much prefer it the way it’s presented in TextWrangler and earlier versions of BBEdit. After much searching I found a way to revert back to the modal search dialog, to do this simply open up Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal) and issue the following command:

defaults write com.barebones.bbedit FindDialog:UseOldSk00lFindDialog -bool YES

If you’re a fan of the new search but are upset at the lack of keyboard shortcuts then fear not as they’ve just been changed. This is taken from the BBEdit manual:

It’s not possible to use the command-key equivalents from the old modal Find dialog to toggle items in the Find window because those equivalents collide with the equivalents for different menu commands. Instead, BBEdit offers a new group of keyboard equivalents for controlling Find and Multi-File Search window items. The factory defaults for these keys are as follows:

Case sensitive: Control-shift-N

Entire word: Control-Shift-E

Grep: Control-Shift-G

Selected text only: Control-Shift-S

Wrap around: Control-Shift-W

Open search history: Control-Shift-H

Open saved patterns: Control-Shift-P

If these assignments overlap with any keyboard equivalents for clippings that you’ve set, or if you just wish to change them, you can do so via the “Find Windows” section of the Menus preference panel.

It’s not possible to use the command-key equivalents from the old modal Find dialog to toggle items in the Find window because those equivalents collide with the equivalents for different menu commands. Instead, BBEdit offers a new group of keyboard equivalents for controlling Find and Multi-File Search window items. The factory defaults for these keys are as follows:

Case sensitive Entire word Grep Selected text only Wrap around Open search history Open saved patterns

Control-shift-N Control-Shift-E Control-Shift-G Control-Shift-S Control-Shift-W Control-Shift-H Control-Shift-P

If these assignments overlap with any keyboard equivalents for clippings that you’ve set, or if you just wish to change them, you can do so via the “Find Windows” section of the Menus preference pane

My First Post

Jamie — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:04:54 +0000

Hello, world! Ahem, moving swiftly on… my name is Jamie, you can read a very short paragraph about me and this site here. Basically I’ve set up this blog to house some posts I’ve been meaning to write for a while now relating to web development, more specifically the interesting techniques and time-saving tips I come across when developing. Who knows though what it may turn into, if indeed anything at all, let alone anything interesting!

Ok good, one post down, this is a good start. Note to self: must keep this up.

Must Do Better

Regular Expression for EOF

BBEdit Modal Find Dialog

My First Post