Command line options

2. Command line options

There are several useful command line options:
man bluefish

-c, --curwindow

Open a file in an existing window. This can be used to overwrite the chosen default.

-n, --newwindow

Open a file in a new window. This can be used to overwrite the chosen default.

-?, --help, --help-*, --help-all

Print all or just a group of help options. Some of these options may be documented in gtk-options(7) and gnome-options(7).

--help-gtk

GTK+ Options

--class=CLASS Program class as used by the window manager

--name=NAME Program name as used by the window manager

--display=DISPLAY X display to use

--screen=SCREEN X screen to use

--sync Make X calls synchronous

--gtk-module=MODULES Load additional GTK+ modules

--g-fatal-warnings Make all warnings fatal

-v, --Version

Print version information.

Many programs like browsers, email clients and file managers can be configured to open files in Bluefish. For example, bluefish '%s' will open a file in the current window, bluefish -n '%s' will open a file in a new window, and bluefish -p '%s' will open a project file.