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Bluefish for Mac OS ?
Hi.
The article claims that Bluefish works on Mac OS, but I'ven't found any binaries to Mac OS. I know that the official page says it works on Mac OS, but shound't we check it for ourselves ? --OsvaldoGago 14:56, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
- The website does not list Mac OS X (technically a POSIX) as having an official port. If the code builds on that system, that's one thing; whether it's actually available to the layman on that system is another. --Jtgibson (talk) 00:40, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Other operating systems
The Bluefish editor doesn't include any compiled binaries for Windows. The project team is stating that they'd like to produce a native Win32 port, but that they require the assistance of Win32 programmers. In general, most people (particularly most Wikipedia readers!) will not be able to invest the time necessary to port to another operating system, and most Wikipedia users who use Windows (i.e., the majority) would be misled by the statement that the editor supports Windows via Cygwin.
The website itself says that the editor is for POSIX systems -- Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, etc. -- and doesn't list Mac OS X. I move that the Mac OS and Windows entries be removed from the list, at least until there are official or sanctioned ports on those operating systems. UNIX is also not a POSIX system (UNIX is what POSIX was made for -- UNIX itself is just a file system), so I find its inclusion a little suspect as well. I don't know about the OpenVMS port (or indeed much about OpenVMS at all) so I can't comment one way or another on that one, but the article seems to imply that it's not even a POSIX system!
In any case, the current stable build (http://bluefish.mrball.net/stable/ - 1.0.7) is available only for Linux-type operating systems. As such, I'm removing the other entries, but leaving the POSIX intact. --Jtgibson (talk) 00:40, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
- Just FYI, the Win32 version homepage is here: http://code.google.com/p/bluefish-win/
- and the latest download is here: http://code.google.com/p/bluefish-win/downloads/list
- It requires GTK+2, but will supposedly download it if not already present.