I have a .csv of names and email addresses in the format: email,firstname,lastname. Some of the names are in ALL CAPS, some are Properly Capitalized. Is there a way to fix the ALL CAPS names in one fell swoop using BBEdit? I'm not a grep/regex guy, so I appreciate your help.
posted by griseus on Jan 19, 2009 - 10 answers

I'm trying to edit some text in some very simple ASPX files on my mac, but when I post the files, I get a generic runtime error from the server. I'm using BBEdit on the Mac. Is there a way to successfully edit and upload ASPX files using a Mac?
posted by drobot on Jan 3, 2009 - 11 answers

Could a good grep samaritan help me out of "find and replace" purgatory into BBEdit heaven? [more inside]
posted by unclemonty on Feb 26, 2007 - 12 answers

I'd like to give Aquamacs/Emacs something akin to BBEdit's "glossaries" using the Speedbar. [more inside]
posted by mph on May 1, 2006 - 1 answer

Can someone give this HTML idiot an answer in plain English. I don't understand the responses on similar topics that are already on this site! Is there some way - preferably on BBEdit on the Mac - of automatically converting every instance of http://www.whateverurl.com in my html file into properly anchored code, ie: http://www.whateverurl.com? [more inside]
posted by unclemonty on Feb 7, 2006 - 11 answers

Given BBEdit (or sed) and a file of HTML, how can I script the deletion of all text up to a given comment tag, skip over deleting the part of the file I want to keep, then resume deletion of contents after the next occurrence of a given comment tag? [more inside]
posted by mph on Jan 7, 2006 - 7 answers

On the Mac, if I need to munge text in extremis, I prefer to use BBEdit. Recently, on the PC, I am finding myself in need of a text editor which is similar to BBEdit. I will use it both for coding and for text-cleaning. I prefer freeware and shareware but that's by no means the deciding factor. Which programs should I check out? Which should I avoid? [more inside]
posted by mwhybark on Mar 16, 2005 - 21 answers

I'm using Grep within BBedit 6.1.2 lite, in order to change some data in tables from "regular" time in the format: "0530PM" to military time: "1730"

Essentially, I am able to locate the data I want using:

(####)PM

Which, in the above example returns: "0530"

So here's the question: I want to treat that result as a number, and add 1200 to it to convert it to military time.

Is there a way to do this within BBedit using the replacement patterns, or do I have to go figure out how to write a perl/python/awk/applescript to accomplish this?
posted by mecran01 on Jan 6, 2005 - 10 answers

Emacs is my new replacement for BBEdit, which could not handle large XML files (>10MB) on my system. I've applied the Reitter configs to make it more Mac-like, but I need examples of good line-wrapping, auto-arranging multiple frames, and line numbering. Can I see your OS X Emacs config file? (If it's on the Net, I've already seen it, including everything at DotEmacs.de.)
posted by Mo Nickels on Nov 4, 2004 - 6 answers

Is there a way, using Grep with BBEdit 7.1.4, to exclude lines that contain a tab character? [more inside]
posted by the biscuit man on Jul 29, 2004 - 9 answers

What do people use for a cheap or free programmer's text editor on OS X? I know that BBEdit rules the school, but I'm loath to spend that much money when I'm (almost) happy with vim. I do web programming so I'm mostly working with PHP/Perl/Python/XHTML/CSS, but I'd like a program that could handle heavier work if I decided to move in that direction. Is there an OS X equivalent of Textpad, both in features and price?
posted by amery on Jan 24, 2004 - 18 answers