Install Brackets Text Editor 1.4 on Ubuntu 15.04 & Ubuntu 14.04 . Newly released Brackets Text Editor 1.4 brings instant file search and easier preferences editing. The latest feature brings individual extension disabling feature and improved text rendering on Mac.
Brackets is an open-source editor for web design and development built on top of web technologies such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The project was created and is maintained by Adobe, and is released under a MIT License.
Major UI Changes in Release 1.4
To Traverse working set files in List order, two new options are added to Navigate menu :
Navigate-> Next Document in List
Navigate-> Previous Document in List
What’s New in Release 1.4
- Instant Search in Files: Searching across files is faster than ever. Results are now displayed incrementally and updated as you type.
- Easier Preferences Editing: All preferences are now available as code hints while editing the brackets.json preferences file. Opening a preferences file (Debug-> Open Preferences file) will also open the default preferences in a second pane in split mode. This default preferences file will give hand on to user about the preferences and how to use and set values.
- Disable Extensions Individually: Extensions can now be individually enabled/disabled from the Extension Manager. Here each extension which has been used will be provided with an option to enable, disable and remove extension from the Extension Manager.
- Improved Text Rendering on Mac: Crisp text rendering on Mac with subpixel antialiasing enabled by default. You can use the older text rendering by setting the fonts.fontSmoothing preference to antialiased.
- Greek and Cyrillic Character support: Updated editor font (Source Code Pro) with improved support for Greek and Cyrillic character sets.
- Traverse files in List Order: Files opened in the working set can be traversed in the list order with CTRL+PageUp and CTRL+PageDown.
- Localization
- Translation updates for: Czech, German, Finnish, French, Japanese, Italian, Swedish
Install Brackets Text Editor 1.4 on Ubuntu
To install Brackets Text Editor via PPA on Ubuntu Systems, run the following commands:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/brackets
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install brackets
Known Issue For Ubuntu Users
For many Ubuntu users there is a known issue – App (Brackets Text Editor) doesn’t quit on first attempt. For many Ubuntu users the Brackets editor doesn’t close the first time when they click the window close button. To get rid of this issue, simply click on close again.
Install Brackets Text Editor 1.4 on Debian
On Debian systems, the Brackets Text Editor can be installed via deb. The Deb files are available via GitHub.
To install Brackets Text Editor via gdebi on Debian Systems, run the following commands:
For 32 bit Debian Systems
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ wget https://github.com/adobe/brackets/releases/download/release-1.4/Brackets.Release.1.4.32-bit.deb
$ sudo gdebi Brackets.Release.1.4.32-bit.deb
For 64 bit Debian Systems
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ wget https://github.com/adobe/brackets/releases/download/release-1.4/Brackets.Release.1.4.64-bit.deb
$ sudo gdebi Brackets.Release.1.4.64-bit.deb
If you wish to uninstall and remove Brackets Text Editor (from Ubuntu or Debian System), run the command given below:
$ sudo apt-get remove brackets