Bluefish is an open-source text editor, specialized in creating/modifying markups or programming language code (HTML, CSS, C, PHP etc). Targeted towards fairly experienced programmers and web designers, this software lacks most of the assisting features found in other similar applications. It’s intended for people who like to do everything themselves and don’t need/like features that disrupt their work.
The GUI will make Linux users feel like home. Below the top toolbar, you’ll find a few tabs helping you insert markup language tags. Under those tabs you will find basic programming language scripts that can be automatically inserted in the editor and then modified accordingly.
Indentation is automatic, organizing the text in blocks that are easy to see. The dictionary included is a nice addition helping you avoid typos. The interface is customizable, tags and scripts are nicely organized under categories and plug-ins are available to further enhance the program according to your needs.
One thing that seems confusing is the inclusion of code that can be inserted automatically in your text by using the interface. For an experienced programmer it is unnecessary because it takes more time to go through the menus and it's faster and easier for them to just type whatever is needed. So the feature seems to be targeted on users that are not very well familiarized with the language. But at the same time, given the fact that this editor is text only, such an option does not help them much if they don't know how to use the code for a desired effect.
At the core, Bluefish is a text editor, including many features that help speed up your workflow or aid you in creating programs/web pages if you’re not very well familiarized with all the markup/programming code.
v2.2.10 [Nov 25, 2011]
Bluefish now works with gtk-3 (gtk-2 is still supported), and the syntax scanner had a major overhaul to make it faster, which is especially noticeable when working on large files.
Another big change in Bluefish is the new search and replace function. It has been completely redesigned: the simple search function is now integrated in the main window, and the new function supports both search and replace in files on disk (next to already opened documents). Other new features include a toggle comment function that is context-aware (add comments in html code, use // comments in javascript code, etc.) and a select block feature that automatically selects the current context block and can be used multiple times to select the parent blocks. Another new feature of the syntax recognition is the autocompletion of user-defined functions, and a jump function that will bring you immediately the the definition of a function.
Next to all the new features many existing features have been improved and polished. Support for new languages has been added, such as Google Go, Vala and Ada.
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