[Update] Bluefish Text Editor

Bear

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Feb 12, 2012, 7:06:11 PM2/12/12

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Bluefish text editor's bug that caused the program to crash on Win7 has
been fixed. This is great news as it is now BearWare's top pick for
programmers text editors usurping NotePad++ which is still a great text
editor. Rating the two programs is almost too close to call as both have
minor cons but Bluefish comes out on top with the very nice keyboard
shortcuts coupled with some really nice selection or insertion features.

You can install Bluefish to a USB device and copy the folder to another
directory then uninstall with Comodo Program Manager which removes all
installed files and the 400+ registry entries and the program works
fine. I did not have to move the files in the bin directory to the root
directory of Bluefish as it worked fine as is. I suppose you could
install the program and copy the directory files to another location
which should work also to get a portable version, but I did not try
that. Some association rules if you use those during install do not work
if you remove the registry entries, but I didn't want those at any rate.

Thanks to the Bluefish developers for fixing the crash issue...at least
in my case anyway.

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Bear

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Feb 12, 2012, 7:42:42 PM2/12/12

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On 2/12/2012 6:06 PM, Bear wrote:
> I suppose you could install the program and copy the directory files to
> another location which should work also to get a portable version, but I
> did not try that. Some association rules if you use those during install
> do not work if you remove the registry entries, but I didn't want those
> at any rate.

To clarify, what I mean is you could probably install the program to
default location (Program Files Directory)...and then copy the installed
folders to another location for a portable version, then uninstall what
was installed by Bluefish. I highly recommend uninstalling with Comodo
Program Manager (have it installed before you install Bluefish so it can
monitor the installation) as it cleaned all the files and registry entries.

Craig

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Feb 12, 2012, 7:56:54 PM2/12/12

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On 02/12/2012 04:06 PM, Bear wrote:
> Bluefish text editor

http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html

fyi,
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Bear

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Feb 12, 2012, 8:28:06 PM2/12/12

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On 2/12/2012 6:56 PM, Craig wrote:
> On 02/12/2012 04:06 PM, Bear wrote:
>> Bluefish text editor
>
> http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html
>
> fyi,

I know....2.2 is out. It's the fix. Are you trying to tell me something
else?

Bear

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Feb 12, 2012, 8:32:26 PM2/12/12

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On 2/12/2012 7:28 PM, Bear wrote:
> On 2/12/2012 6:56 PM, Craig wrote:
>> On 02/12/2012 04:06 PM, Bear wrote:
>>> Bluefish text editor
>>
>> http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html
>>
>> fyi,
>
> I know....2.2 is out. It's the fix. Are you trying to tell me something
> else?
>

I don't think they have put up the new version yet...I received a link
from them to try...actually they've sent me a few, but the last one did
the trick. I'm sure that one will be put up soon.

»Q«

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Feb 12, 2012, 9:02:30 PM2/12/12

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On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:28:06 -0600
Bear <bearbott...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2/12/2012 6:56 PM, Craig wrote:
> > On 02/12/2012 04:06 PM, Bear wrote:
> >> Bluefish text editor
> >
> > http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html
> >
> > fyi,
>
> I know.

No flies on you.

> ...2.2 is out. It's the fix.

2.2.1 has been out since December.

> Are you trying to tell me something else?

Some people post links to the sites of software being discussed; not
all links contain a secret message just for you. If it causes you
anxiety, you could post links yourself so others wouldn't do it in
followups.

Bear

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Feb 12, 2012, 9:17:47 PM2/12/12

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2.2.1 is the release I had issues with. They will release 2.2.2 very
soon. From what I can glean from the bug fix discussions, they have
already made some changes in the 2.2.1, I'll try it tomorrow and see if so.

BTW...don't hurt yourself typing Bluefish text editor in a search
window. I know your rather tender :)

I'm just glad they could fix my issues. It's a great program.

Bear Bottoms

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Feb 12, 2012, 11:49:45 PM2/12/12

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On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:17:47 -0600, Bear wrote:

> 2.2.1 is the release I had issues with. They will release 2.2.2 very
> soon. From what I can glean from the bug fix discussions, they have
> already made some changes in the 2.2.1, I'll try it tomorrow and see if so.
>
> BTW...don't hurt yourself typing Bluefish text editor in a search
> window. I know your rather tender :)
>
> I'm just glad they could fix my issues. It's a great program.

Scratch that. Crashed my system AGAIN.
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Bear Bottoms

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Feb 13, 2012, 4:59:23 PM2/13/12

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Bear Bottoms <bearbott...@gmail.com> wrote in
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> On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:17:47 -0600, Bear wrote:
>
>> 2.2.1 is the release I had issues with. They will release 2.2.2 very
>> soon. From what I can glean from the bug fix discussions, they have
>> already made some changes in the 2.2.1, I'll try it tomorrow and see if
>> so.
>>
>> BTW...don't hurt yourself typing Bluefish text editor in a search
>> window. I know your rather tender :)
>>
>> I'm just glad they could fix my issues. It's a great program.
>
> Scratch that. Crashed my system AGAIN.

Scratch that now. I remounted my backup image and I'm up again.

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