- TextWrangler
Infobox Software
name = TextWrangler
caption = A new document opened in TextWrangler.
developer =Bare Bones Software
latest_release_version = 2.3
latest_release_date =2008-01-15
operating_system =Mac OS X
genre =text editor
license =freeware
website = [http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/index.shtml Bare Bones.com]TextWrangler is a popular
text editor forMac OS X fromBare Bones Software . It was originally a commercial product, but (beginning with version 2.0) has become thefreeware alternative to their flagship editor,BBEdit , and the successor to their previous freeware editor,BBEdit Lite .Like BBEdit, TextWrangler is not a
word processor and so lacks formatting and style options — it is limited to editing and manipulation ofplain text , but while this limits desktop publications, it allows for much greater power and flexibility editing text. TextWrangler has features common to most programming text editors, such assyntax highlighting for various programming languages, a find and replace function, spell check, andfile comparison . But TextWrangler also includes extensive scripting support usingAppleScript , Python,Perl ,Shell script s, and BBEdit's native Text Factories. TextWrangler's find and replace allows the use ofregular expression s, Python, Perl, and shell scripts can be run directly in the program. TextWrangler also provides numerous options for reformatting text.As with some other Mac editors, TextWrangler can read and save files in various encodings, including
Unicode (various encodings),ASCII ,Latin-1 andLatin-9 .TextWrangler is intended for use by
programmer s,web design ers, and others who spend time reading and writingsource code .ee also
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Comparison of text editors External links
* [http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/index.shtml TextWrangler Homepage]
* [http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/threeway.shtml BBEdit Comparison Chart]
* [http://www.macworld.com/article/43695/2005/03/textwrangler2.html TextWrangler 2.0: Text Editor Gains Features, Now Free of Charge] by Andrew T. Laurence, Macworld. Mar 21, 2005.
* [http://www.macworld.com/article/42147/2005/01/textwrangler.html TextWrangler aims to set the standard for text editors] by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld. Jan 18, 2005.
* [http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20051025072741685 Troubleshooting Tools: TextWrangler 2] by Dan Frakes, MacFixIt. Sep 2005.
* [http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2005/01/textwrangler_now_free_and_bett.html TextWrangler: now free, and better than ever] by Giles Turnbull, O'Reilly Mac DevCenter Blog. Jan 11, 2005.
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