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{{Note|text=Note that the manual is currently being reworked. Many pages are outdated, others not yet available. They will be made available in the near future.}}


'''Bluefish 2.0 Manual'''  
Here an overview of what has been done so far:
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!What has been done
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|Finished reviewing all sections under ''Preface'' and ''Getting and Installing Bluefish'', reviewed and updated ''Starting Bluefish''
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'''Bluefish 2.2 Manual'''  


== [[Preface|Preface]] ==
== [[Preface|Preface]] ==
[[About this Manual]] ¤ What is Bluefish? ¤ History of Bluefish ¤ Main Features of Bluefish ¤ How Stable is Bluefish? ¤ Contact Us
*[[About this Manual]]
*[[What is Bluefish?]]
*[[History of Bluefish]]
*[[Main Features of Bluefish]]
*[[How Stable is Bluefish?]]
*[[Contact Us]]
== [[Getting and Installing Bluefish|Getting and Installing Bluefish]]  ==
== [[Getting and Installing Bluefish|Getting and Installing Bluefish]]  ==
;For Bluefish 2, please see: [[Installing Bluefish]] / [[Compiling Bluefish from source]]
*[[Operating Systems Supported by Bluefish]]
old pages from Bluefish 1 Manual:
*[[Man 2 ch02#1. Requirements|Requirements]]
=== [[Man 2 ch01|<del>Getting Bluefish</del>]] ===
*[[Choosing a Version]]
Choosing a Version ¤ How and When Updates are Released ¤ Operating Systems Supported by Bluefish<br />
*[[Latest Stable Version|Latest Stable Version]]
[[Latest Stable Version|2. Latest Stable Version]] ¤ [[Getting Bluefish - Latest Snapshot|3. Latest Snapshot Version]] ¤ [[Getting Bluefish - Latest Development Version|4. Latest Developmental Version]]
*[[Getting Bluefish - Latest Snapshot|Latest Snapshot Version]]
*[[Getting Bluefish - Latest Development Version|Latest Developmental Version]]
*[[How and When Updates are Released]]
*[[Installing Bluefish]]
*[[Installing Bluefish - System Issues| System Specific Installation Issues]]
*[[Installing Bluefish - Install from Source Code|Installing a Bluefish Source Distribution]]
*[[Compiling Bluefish from source]]
*[[Installing Bluefish - Install from Source Code Options|Configure Options]]
*[[Installing Bluefish - Install from Binary Distribution|Installing a Binary Distribution]]
*[[Installing Bluefish - Post-Installation Checklist|Post-installation Setup]]<br />


=== [[Man 2 ch02|<del>Installing Bluefish</del>]] ===
[[Man 2 ch02#1. Requirements|1. Requirements]] ¤ [[Installing Bluefish - Quick Standard Install|2. Quick Standard Installation]] ¤ [[Installing Bluefish - System Issues|3. System Specific Installation Issues]]<br />
[[Installing Bluefish - Install from Source Code|4. Installing a Bluefish Source Distribution]] ¤ Quick Installation Overview ¤ Installing from Development Source Tree|4.2. Installing from Development Source Tree ¤ Problems Compiling?<br />
[[Installing Bluefish - Install from Source Code Options|5. Configure Options]] ¤ Standard configuration flags ¤ Flags personal to bluefish<br />
[[Installing Bluefish - Install from Binary Distribution|6. Installing a Binary Distribution]] ¤ [[Installing Bluefish - Post-Installation Checklist|7. Post-installation Setup]]


== [[Using Bluefish|Using Bluefish]]  ==
== [[Using Bluefish|Using Bluefish]]  ==
=== [[Launching Bluefish|Starting Bluefish]] ===
*[[Launching Bluefish|Starting Bluefish]]
[[Launching Bluefish#1. Launching Bluefish|1. Launching Bluefish]] ¤ [[Command line options|2. Command line options]]
*[[Editing Area#1. Editing Area|Editing Area]]
 
=== [[Editing Area|The user interface]] ===
=== [[Editing Area|The user interface]] ===
[[Editing Area#1. Editing Area|1. Editing Area]] ¤ [[Menus and Tool Bars|2. Menus and Tool Bars]] ¤ [[Side Panel|3. Side Panel]] ¤ [[Interface - Status Bar|4. Status Bar]] ¤ [[Interface - Help Menu|5. Help Menu]]
[[Menus and Tool Bars|2. Menus and Tool Bars]] ¤ [[Side Panel|3. Side Panel]] ¤ [[Interface - Status Bar|4. Status Bar]] ¤ [[Interface - Help Menu|5. Help Menu]]
=== [[Preferences|Preferences]] ===  
=== [[Preferences|Preferences]] ===  
=== [[Creating Files|Working with files and folders]] ===
=== [[Creating Files|Working with files and folders]] ===

Latest revision as of 15:54, 24 December 2022

Bluefish: The Definitive Guide

Table of Contents (part 1)

 
see also:  Notes for Bluefish 2 Manual
Guidelines for Writing this Manual
Note that the manual is currently being reworked. Many pages are outdated, others not yet available. They will be made available in the near future.

Here an overview of what has been done so far:

As per What has been done
2022-12-21 All unnumbered sections under Preface and Getting and Installing Bluefish have been updated
2022-12-22 Finished reviewing all sections under Preface and Getting and Installing Bluefish, reviewed and updated Starting Bluefish

Bluefish 2.2 Manual

Preface

Getting and Installing Bluefish


Using Bluefish

The user interface

2. Menus and Tool Bars ¤ 3. Side Panel ¤ 4. Status Bar ¤ 5. Help Menu

Preferences

Working with files and folders

1. Creating files ¤ 2. Managing directories ¤ 3. Opening files ¤ 4. Saving files ¤ 5. Renaming files ¤ 6. Deleting files ¤ 7. Closing files ¤ 8. Inserting files
9. Editing ¤ Undo and Redo ¤ Cut, Copy, and Paste ¤ Input methods
10. Basic Find and Replace ¤ Searching for a word within a whole document ¤ Setting limits to the search scope ¤ Case sensitive search ¤ Overlapping searches ¤ Retrieving previous search strings ¤ More on find ¤ Replacing features ¤ Retrieving previous replace strings ¤ Changing letter case when replacing ¤ Choosing strings to replace ¤ More on replace
11. File types ¤ Syntax highlighting
12. More on files ¤ Remote files ¤ Character encoding ¤ Open advanced

Navigation and Managing documents

Navigating through a document
2. Navigating through many documents ¤ 3. Projects
4. Bookmarks ¤ Generating several bookmarks at once]]
5. Find and Replace ¤ Find Again ¤ Find from Selection ¤ Find and Replace Using Regular Expressions
Templates

More than a Text Editor

1. Indenting ¤ 2. Autocompletion ¤ Hidden features ¤ 3. Spell checker ¤ 4. Function reference
5. HTML ¤ Special find and replace features ¤ Thumbnail generation
6. Customizing the Quick bar
7. Snippets plugin (was Custom menu in Bluefish 1) ¤ Adding a snippet dialog ¤ Adding a snippet replace dialog
8. External programs, filters ¤ Customizing browsers ¤ Customizing Commands menu ¤ Customizing Ouputbox menu

Customising Bluefish

Modifying shortcut keys
2. Showing hidden files and folders ¤ 3. Showing backup files ¤ 4. Editor appearance ¤ 5. Customizing the bookmarks path ¤ 6. Customizing the html tags style ¤ 7. Changing the author meta tag on the fly
8. Customizing files handling and browsing ¤ Setting the encoding meta tag on save ¤ Setting the default base directory ¤ Merging file browser views ¤ 8.4. Backup files ¤ 8.5. Using multiple instances of a file
9. Customizing the user interface ¤ 10. Modifying file types ¤ 11. Modifying the files filters ¤ 12. Modifying the highlighting patterns

Developing Bluefish

Debugging Bluefish

1. Using the Debugger ¤ 2. Filling a bug report

Reference

1. Options in the Editor Tab ¤ 2. Options in the HTML Tab ¤ 3. Options in the Files Tab ¤ 4. Options in the User interface Tab ¤ 5. Options in the Images Tab

Development guidelines

Indenting and formating style
2. Naming ¤ 3. Declaring procedures ¤ 4. Header files ¤ 5. New files ¤ 6. File reference ¤ 7. Patches
8. Translations ¤ Introduction ¤ PO files basics ¤ Shortcut keys ¤ How to contribute
9. Some tips ¤ 10. Making releases ¤ 11. Useful stuff

Table of Contents (2/3)

 
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