<s>
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
made	O
by	O
Bare	O
Bones	O
Software	O
,	O
originally	O
developed	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Application
System	I-Application
Software	I-Application
6	O
,	O
and	O
currently	O
supporting	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
was	O
created	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
bare	O
bones	O
"	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
to	O
serve	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
proof	O
of	O
concept	O
"	O
;	O
the	O
intention	O
was	O
to	O
demonstrate	O
the	O
programming	O
capabilities	O
of	O
an	O
experimental	O
version	O
of	O
Pascal	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
prototypes	O
of	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
used	O
the	O
TextEdit	B-Operating_System
control	O
available	O
in	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
of	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TextEdit	B-Operating_System
control	O
could	O
not	O
load	O
files	O
larger	O
than	O
32KB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Pascal	B-Application
project	O
was	O
ultimately	O
terminated	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
demonstration	O
program	O
was	O
reworked	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
THINK	B-Operating_System
Technologies	I-Operating_System
"	O
PE	O
"	O
text	B-Application
editing	I-Application
engine	O
used	O
for	O
THINK	B-Operating_System
C	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
was	O
much	O
faster	O
and	O
could	O
read	O
larger	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
was	O
the	O
first	O
freestanding	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
to	O
use	O
the	O
"	O
PE	O
"	O
editing	O
engine	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
only	O
one	O
still	O
being	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
was	O
available	O
at	O
no	O
charge	O
upon	O
its	O
initial	O
release	O
in	O
1992	O
but	O
was	O
commercialized	O
in	O
May	O
1993	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
2.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
Bare	O
Bones	O
Software	O
also	O
made	O
a	O
less-featured	O
version	O
of	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
2.5	O
called	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
available	O
at	O
no	O
cost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
lacked	O
plugin	B-Application
support	O
,	O
scriptability	B-Language
,	O
syntax	O
coloring	O
and	O
other	O
features	O
then	O
deemed	O
as	O
mainly	O
for	O
advanced	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bare	O
Bones	O
Software	O
discontinued	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
at	O
version	O
6.1	O
and	O
replaced	O
it	O
with	O
TextWrangler	B-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
a	O
fee	O
,	O
although	O
significantly	O
less	O
than	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
TextWrangler	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
and	O
subsequent	O
versions	O
continued	O
to	O
be	O
distributed	O
as	O
such	O
up	O
until	O
2017	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
sunsetted	O
and	O
incorporated	O
into	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
its	O
history	O
,	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
has	O
supported	O
many	O
Apple	O
technologies	O
that	O
failed	O
to	O
gain	O
traction	O
,	O
including	O
OpenDoc	B-Application
and	O
PowerTalk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
failure	O
of	O
PowerTalk	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
desire	O
of	O
developers	B-Application
to	O
have	O
email	O
integrated	O
to	O
their	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
,	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Mailsmith	O
,	O
an	O
email	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
that	O
uses	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
's	O
editor	O
component	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Formerly	O
developed	O
by	O
Bare	O
Bones	O
as	O
a	O
commercial	O
application	O
,	O
in	O
2009	O
Mailsmith	O
was	O
transferred	O
to	O
Stickshift	O
Software	O
LLC	O
and	O
would	O
continue	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
labor	O
of	O
love	O
and	O
released	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
taking	O
advantage	O
of	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
's	O
then-novel	O
plugin	B-Application
support	O
,	O
third	O
party	O
developers	B-Application
started	O
writing	O
plug-ins	B-Application
to	O
easily	O
create	O
and	O
format	O
HTML	B-Language
code	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
fact	O
,	O
the	O
developers	B-Application
at	O
Bare	O
Bones	O
Software	O
first	O
learned	O
of	O
the	O
existence	O
of	O
HTML	B-Language
through	O
users	O
inquiring	O
about	O
these	O
plug-ins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Barebones	O
later	O
bought	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
plugin	B-Application
code	O
from	O
their	O
author	O
and	O
included	O
them	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
standard	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tools	O
were	O
included	O
as	O
an	O
optional	O
palette	B-Data_Structure
in	O
version	O
4	O
,	O
and	O
were	O
progressively	O
more	O
integrated	O
,	O
gaining	O
their	O
own	O
menu	O
in	O
version	O
5.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
version	O
4.5	O
,	O
Bare	O
Bones	O
introduced	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
Table	O
Builder	O
as	O
an	O
additional	O
tool	O
for	O
web	O
designers	O
and	O
developers	B-Application
to	O
visually	O
design	O
HTML	B-General_Concept
tables	I-General_Concept
,	O
then	O
the	O
main	O
technique	O
for	O
layout	O
control	O
on	O
web	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Table	O
Builder	O
was	O
removed	O
in	O
version	O
6.0	O
,	O
since	O
enhancing	O
it	O
would	O
involve	O
replicating	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
existing	O
visual	O
HTML	B-Language
editors	O
,	O
and	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
was	O
at	O
this	O
time	O
bundled	O
with	O
Dreamweaver	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
's	O
plugin	B-Application
support	O
was	O
removed	O
in	O
version	O
9.6	O
,	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
the	O
expanded	O
selection	O
of	O
scripting	B-Language
languages	I-Language
available	O
on	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
applications	O
to	O
be	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
,	O
as	O
a	O
Carbon	B-Operating_System
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
takes	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
's	O
Unix	O
underpinnings	O
by	O
integrating	O
scripts	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
or	O
other	O
common	O
Unix	O
scripting	B-Language
languages	I-Language
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
adding	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
shell	B-Operating_System
worksheets	O
that	O
provide	O
a	O
screen	O
editor	O
interface	O
to	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
functionality	O
similar	O
to	O
MPW	B-Operating_System
Worksheets	O
and	O
Emacs	B-Application
shell	B-Operating_System
buffers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
's	O
creator	B-Operating_System
code	I-Operating_System
R*ch	O
refers	O
to	O
Rich	O
Siegel	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
Bare	O
Bones	O
Software	O
's	O
founders	O
and	O
the	O
original	O
author	O
of	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
is	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
by	O
software	B-Application
developers	I-Application
and	O
web	O
designers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
is	O
not	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
meaning	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
text	O
formatting	O
or	O
page	O
layout	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
contains	O
multi-file	O
text	O
searching	O
capabilities	O
including	O
support	O
for	O
Perl-compatible	O
regular	B-Language
expressions	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
allows	O
previewing	O
and	O
built-in	O
validation	O
of	O
HTML	B-General_Concept
markup	I-General_Concept
and	O
also	O
provides	O
prototypes	O
for	O
most	O
HTML	B-Language
constructs	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
entered	O
into	O
a	O
dialog	O
box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
includes	O
FTP	B-Protocol
and	O
SFTP	B-Protocol
tools	O
and	O
integrates	O
with	O
code	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
shows	O
differences	B-Application
between	I-Application
file	I-Application
versions	I-Application
and	O
allows	O
for	O
the	O
merging	O
of	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
version	O
control	O
,	O
including	O
Git	B-Application
,	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
Subversion	B-Application
is	O
built	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
applications	O
and	O
developer	B-Application
tools	O
provide	O
direct	O
support	O
for	O
using	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
third-party	O
source-code	B-Application
editor	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
supports	O
the	O
Open	O
Scripting	O
Architecture	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
scripted	O
and	O
recorded	O
using	O
AppleScript	B-Application
and	O
other	O
languages	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
having	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
execute	O
AppleScripts	B-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
supports	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
for	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
popular	O
computer	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
version	O
10.1	O
,	O
these	O
include	O
:	O
ANSI	O
C	B-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
CSS	B-Language
,	O
Fortran	O
95	O
,	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
JSP	B-Language
,	O
Lasso	B-Language
,	O
Object	B-Language
Pascal	I-Language
,	O
Objective-C	B-Language
,	O
Objective-C	B-Language
++	O
,	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Rez	O
,	O
Ruby	B-Language
,	O
Setext	B-Language
,	O
SQL	B-Language
(	O
including	O
Transact-SQL	B-Language
,	O
PL/SQL	B-Language
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
and	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Tcl	B-Operating_System
,	O
TeX	B-Application
,	O
UNIX	B-Language
shell	I-Language
scripts	I-Language
,	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
YAML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
's	O
SDK	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
develop	O
additional	O
language	O
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
14.0	O
,	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
offered	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Language	O
Server	O
Protocol	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
employ	O
their	O
own	O
programming	O
language	O
severs	O
or	O
to	O
utilise	O
preexisting	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
was	O
a	O
freeware	B-License
stripped-down	O
version	O
of	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
,	O
that	O
ceased	O
development	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
had	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
features	O
as	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
such	O
as	O
regular	B-Language
expressions	I-Language
,	O
a	O
plug-in	B-Application
architecture	O
and	O
the	O
same	O
text	B-Application
editing	I-Application
engine	O
,	O
but	O
no	O
programming	O
and	O
web-oriented	O
tools	O
such	O
as	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
,	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
shell	B-Operating_System
,	O
HTML	B-Language
tools	O
or	O
FTP	B-Protocol
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
6.1	O
comes	O
in	O
two	O
forms	O
:	O
a	O
Classic	O
version	O
for	O
use	O
under	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
7.5.5	O
to	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
9	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
Carbon	B-Operating_System
version	O
that	O
runs	O
under	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
natively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
Bare	O
Bones	O
introduced	O
the	O
commercial	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
TextWrangler	B-Operating_System
,	O
an	O
enhanced	O
version	O
of	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
ceased	O
further	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
TextWrangler	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
11.6	O
introduced	O
a	O
free	O
mode	O
that	O
matched	O
TextWrangler	B-Operating_System
's	O
feature	O
set	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
Bare	O
Bones	O
sunsetted	O
support	O
and	O
development	O
for	O
TextWrangler	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
plain	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
like	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
,	O
TextWrangler	B-Operating_System
did	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
robust	O
set	O
of	O
formatting	O
and	O
style	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
features	O
common	O
to	O
most	O
programming	O
text	B-Application
editors	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
for	O
various	O
programming	O
languages	O
,	O
a	O
find	O
and	O
replace	O
function	O
with	O
regular	B-Language
expression	I-Language
support	O
,	O
spell	O
check	O
,	O
and	O
data	B-Application
comparison	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
TextWrangler	B-Operating_System
also	O
included	O
scripting	O
support	O
using	O
AppleScript	B-Application
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
shell	B-Language
scripts	I-Language
,	O
and	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
's	O
native	O
Text	O
Factories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supported	O
text	O
reformatting	O
,	O
and	O
could	O
read	O
and	O
save	O
files	O
in	O
encodings	O
including	O
various	O
Unicode	O
encodings	O
,	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
,	O
Latin-1	O
and	O
Latin-9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Summer	O
of	O
2016	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
11.6	O
,	O
Bare	O
Bones	O
Software	O
introduced	O
a	O
free	O
mode	O
of	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
that	O
even	O
after	O
the	O
expiration	O
of	O
the	O
30-day	O
evaluation	O
period	O
of	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
's	O
full	O
features	O
would	O
continue	O
to	O
offer	O
TextWrangler	B-Operating_System
's	O
features	O
and	O
some	O
additional	O
features	O
beyond	O
TextWrangler	B-Operating_System
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
a	O
user	O
question	O
,	O
author	O
Rich	O
Siegel	O
confirmed	O
that	O
TextWrangler	B-Operating_System
would	O
eventually	O
be	O
phased	O
out	O
,	O
given	O
that	O
the	O
free	O
mode	O
of	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
now	O
incorporates	O
all	O
functions	O
of	O
TextWrangler	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
