In 1998 bbedit 5.0 cost $120 usd. Adjusted for inflation that would be about $245 usd.
replyToday an individual license costs $60.
Wild how software pricing and sales models have changed, and good on bare bones for staying away from subscription pricing.
I use Zed more now, but BBEdit's still pretty great. I love, love, LOVE that I can extend it with shell scripts or Python tools or Rust apps or whatever else I have laying around. Sometimes I don't want to write a whole plugin, let alone in JavaScript or whatever. I just want to say "process this text with this tool" and have it work. BBEdit's second to none for that.
replyMy search for a "just a text editor" ended with "CotEdit". It's Mac native, not Electron, and supports both RTL and vertical text. All I could ever want.
replyProud user since the classic Mac OS days (anyone else remember the OpenDoc version?), and it's still a solid editor at a good price.
replySame. Recently moved to Windows (blah) but if I move back, that's a purchase for me.
replyTextWrangler!
replyI have used and loved Barebones stuff in the past, but strikes me as odd they're still advertising Yojimbo on their main page. It was fantastic, but has been abandoned for quite some time.
replyIt's supported for Tahoe. It's still good functional software and this is the ideal right? They're selling finished software for a flat price without needing a subscription model to support continued development.
replyYou were downvoted but right. The changelog[0] shows that the current minor version (4.6) came out in 2020, and its only had 3 bugfix releases since then, most recently in 2023. A lot has changed since 2020, so this doesn't know about the major iCloud updates, or Apple Intelligence, or UI changes (not just talking about Liquid Glass either).
replyNone of those things imply that it's broken or unusable. Still, it means it's going to feel like a dated app and that's not fun.
[0]https://www.barebones.com/support/yojimbo/archived_notes.htm...
> so this doesn't know about the major iCloud updates, or Apple Intelligence, or UI changes
replyI'm not familiar with macOS: Why would an application need to be updated for any of these? Were the existing APIs insufficient to integrate these?
Love to see this app trending on HN.
replyLove BBEdit!
replySo great to see this -- the last version of BBedit I paid for is the gold standard for me, for editors... I mean compared to twenty other editors of various kinds on desktop Linux and elsewhere..
replyI wonder if it will ever get emacs tabs.
replyI use emacs but I don't know what you're referring to. Can you enlighten me please
replyI think maybe he meant chords.
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reply> Support for vi keyboard emulation, for basic navigation and editing;
replyI'm sure some people will like this update, but it's a big meh for me. I'll wait for some further updates to upgrade.