# BBEdit, Ruby and Intel Macs

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bbedit-ruby-and-intel-macs/58381>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 21, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bbedit-ruby-and-intel-macs/58381 "2006-04-21T01:27:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bbedit-ruby-and-intel-macs/58381/1 "2006-04-21T01:27:47Z")

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Can anyone verify (as in “yes” or “no”) that the Ruby language module  
for BBEdit located here:

[http://www.rubygarden.com/ruby/ruby?action=browse&diff=1&id=BbEdit](http://www.rubygarden.com/ruby/ruby?action=browse&diff=1&id=BbEdit)

does not work on Mac Intel machines? I copied the plugin to this  
location on my iMac:

Users/~/Library/Application Support/BBedit/Language Modules/

then opened up BBEdit and it still does not recognize Ruby files in the  
“all readable files” list, nor does it properly colour code an .rb file  
…? What gives? Shouldn’t Rosetta be able to handle the translation?

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**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bbedit-ruby-and-intel-macs/58381/2 "2006-04-21T01:36:53Z")

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On Apr 20, 2006, at 7:27 PM, Greg wrote:

> then opened up BBEdit and it still does not recognize Ruby files in  
> the  
> “all readable files” list, nor does it properly colour code an .rb  
> file  
> …? What gives? Shouldn’t Rosetta be able to handle the translation?

I can’t “verify” anything since I don’t have an Intel Mac, but if you  
are using the Universal Binary for BBEdit, I don’t believe Rosetta is  
capable of translating a dynamically loaded library for a different  
architecture. Have you tried running an older version of BBEdit, one  
that is PPC only?

Of course the whole arch. thing could be a red herring.

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**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 10:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bbedit-ruby-and-intel-macs/58381/3 "2006-04-21T10:06:18Z")

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On 21/04/06, Greg [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Logan C. wrote:
> 
> > Have you tried running an older version of BBEdit, one  
> > that is PPC only?
> 
> Nope. haven’t done that. I’m assuming that’ll work though …

You can also force a Universal application to run its PPC code with  
Rosetta (use ‘Get Info’ in the Finder) - that’s necessary to be able  
to use PPC plugins.

Paul.

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**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bbedit-ruby-and-intel-macs/58381/4 "2006-04-21T02:22:49Z")

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Logan C. wrote:

> Have you tried running an older version of BBEdit, one  
> that is PPC only?

Nope. haven’t done that. I’m assuming that’ll work though …

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**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bbedit-ruby-and-intel-macs/58381/5 "2006-04-21T21:03:50Z")

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Paul B. wrote:

> You can also force a Universal application to run its PPC code with  
> Rosetta (use ‘Get Info’ in the Finder) - that’s necessary to be able  
> to use PPC plugins.

Did this and the module still isn’t working.

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**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bbedit-ruby-and-intel-macs/58381/6 "2006-04-21T21:23:32Z")

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On Apr 21, 2006, at 2:04 PM, Greg wrote:

> Paul B. wrote:
> 
> > You can also force a Universal application to run its PPC code with  
> > Rosetta (use ‘Get Info’ in the Finder) - that’s necessary to be able  
> > to use PPC plugins.
> 
> Did this and the module still isn’t working.

I really don’t mean to start an editor war, but I feel like I can say  
this as a guy who worshiped BBEdit for years: you really should  
download TextMate and give it a test drive. It’s cheaper, Ruby aware  
out-of-the-box, has significantly more powerful automation, and is  
Universal Binary today. I’ve switched over and am very, very  
satisfied. It’s at least worth a look, I say.

James Edward G. II