10.4: Some perhaps unknown TextEdit features

Oct 24, '06 07:30:03AM

Contributed by: joshMV4

This hint has to do with TextEdit.app This is actually somewhat documented, but seriously, how often do you click the "What's new in TextEdit" link? I know I never did before. One new feature I like is being able to modify .webarchive files that Safari can save. If you save a web page, specifically one with ads, you can open the .webarchive file with textedit and cut out the ads and re-save. Sometimes it doesn't work perfectly, but it's better than nothing.

There are tons of new features in this version. Be sure to check them out. The ones I like are:

I found this out exploring the free example code with the Dev Tools (and yes, the full source for the application TextEdit is free and included in /Develooper -> Examples -> AppKit, but that isn't the point of this hint). According to the ReadMe in the above path, this is new with version 1.4, which shipped with Tiger.

[robg adds: We've covered the non-contiguous selection feature here before, but the ability to edit .webarchive files is news to me, as is the control-click in the Find box. I was aware that Option changed Replace All to Selection in Find, but didn't know you could use Control to select all occurrences that match your search term.]

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