My first AppleScript, I'm just so tired of having to shorten my windows every single time they open. I've got this mapped to cmd-R, so it's much easier to deal with.
tell application "BBEdit"
set {l, t, r, b} to bounds of text window 1
set bounds of text window 1 to {l, t, r, 500}
end tell
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