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- Installing BBEdit
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- This section explains how to install BBEdit in your system. It also explains in
- detail what files BBEdit creates, where they’re placed, and how to install
- optional parts of BBEdit.
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- Basic Installation
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- BBEdit consists of the following major components:
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- • The BBEdit application itself
- • The “BBEdit BBalloons” file
- • The “BBEdit Extensions” folder
- • MPW Shell tools and scripts required to support ToolServer
- • The XTND system file and XTND translators
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- When you expand the StuffIt archive which contains the BBEdit distribution, or
- insert your BBEdit floppy, you’ll see a window which contains the components
- of BBEdit.
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- Only the BBEdit application file is required to use BBEdit. All other components
- can be installed, or not, at your discretion. For example, if you’re putting
- together a minimal working disk for use on the road, you may not want the full
- suite of extensions, you may not need to use ToolServer, and you may have no
- requirement to import foreign file formats.
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- If you’re planning to install the whole set of BBEdit files, such as extensions
- and Balloon Help, create a “BBEdit Folder”. Copy the BBEdit application, the
- “BBEdit BBalloons” file (if you’re using System 7), and the “BBEdit Extensions”
- folder into your BBEdit Folder. When you’re done, your BBEdit Folder will look
- something like this:
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- Note: Balloon Help is not available in System 6, so there is no benefit derived
- from installing the “BBEdit BBalloons” file. You can save about 15K of disk
- space by not installing this file.
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- For BBEdit to use the installed extensions, the BBEdit Extensions folder must be
- in the same folder as BBEdit, as illustrated above.
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- BBEdit Extensions
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- The “BBEdit Extensions” folder contains code modules which add additional
- functionality to BBEdit. Inside the “BBEdit Extensions” folder is a folder
- called “Sources”, and a file called “Writing BBEdit Extensions”. As shipped, the
- BBEdit Extensions folder occupies about 125K of disk space. If you’re not
- planning to use any extensions with BBEdit, you can save this space by deleting
- the BBEdit Extensions folder altogether. If you’re not planning to write
- extensions for BBEdit, you can save about 100K of disk space by removing these
- items from the BBEdit Extensions folder and deleting them from the disk
- containing your BBEdit folder.
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- ToolServer Support
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- If you’re planning to use BBEdit with ToolServer, first make sure that your MPW
- and ToolServer are correctly installed. As of this writing, ToolServer is only
- available as part of Apple’s ETO (“Essentials, Tools, and Objects”) CD-ROM
- subscription; the latest version of ToolServer is 1.0b3, found on ETO #8.
- APDA is on the verge of releasing ToolServer as a separate product, so
- for up-to-date information contact APDA: 1-800-282-2732.
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- Your BBEdit distribution includes a folder called “ToolServer Support”. This
- folder contains the following folders:
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- • Copy to MPW folder: Drag the items in this folder into the same folder as
- your ToolServer application.
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- • Copy to MPW Tools folder: Drag the items in this folder into the “Tools”
- folder that’s in the same folder as the ToolServer application.
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- • Copy to MPW Scripts folder: Drag the items in this folder into the
- “Scripts” folder that’s in the same folder as the ToolServer application.
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- Once you have dragged the items to the appropriate places in your ToolServer
- folder, delete the “ToolServer Support” folder.
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- Claris XTND Support
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- If you will be using BBEdit to import and export word processor files, you need
- to install the contents of the “XTND Folder” that comes with BBEdit:
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- If you’re running System 7, drag the “Claris XTND System” file and the “Claris
- Translators” folder to the Extensions folder that is in your active system
- folder.
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- If you’re running System 6, drag the “Claris XTND System” file and the “Claris
- Translators” folder to your active system folder.
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- There is no need to restart your computer after installing the XTND support
- files.
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- Note: If you already have an application installed which uses the Claris XTND
- translators and there’s already a “Claris Translators” folder in your System
- Folder or Extensions folder, then there’s no need to use the “Claris
- Translators” folder that comes with BBEdit.
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- Warning: If you’re using System 7, make sure that there are no “alias loops” in
- your Extensions folder. An alias loop occurs when you have an alias in your
- Extensions folder that points to another folder (such as your Control Panels
- folder), and in that folder, you have an alias that points back to your
- Extensions folder, thereby creating loop. In these circumstances, the Claris
- XTND software will hang or crash your machine when you start up BBEdit.
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- BBEdit Files
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- When you launch BBEdit for the first time on your system, it creates the
- following files:
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- • BBEdit 2.2 Prefs. This file contains settings and default preferences for
- various parts of BBEdit. This file resides in the appropriate place in your
- System Folder: if you’re using System 7, the file will be placed in the
- Preferences folder in your active System Folder; if you’re using System 6,
- BBEdit will look for a folder named “Preferences” in your active System Folder.
- If it finds a Preferences folder, the BBEdit Prefs file will be placed there;
- otherwise, the file will be placed in the System Folder itself.
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- • ToolServer Worksheet. The first time you use ToolServer with BBEdit, this
- file will be placed in the same location as the BBEdit Prefs file.
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