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  Bless 0.6.0 Manual


      Alexandros Frantzis

This manual describes version 0.6.0 of Bless.

Copyright © 2004, 2008 Alexandros Frantzis

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1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation with
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*Feedback*

To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the Bless application or
this manual, please use the Bless bug page
<http://gna.org/bugs/?group=bless>.

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*Table of Contents*

1. Introduction <ch01.html>
2. Building and Installing Bless <ch02.html>

    Bless 0.6.0 requirements <ch02.html#bless-install-requirements>
    Installation guide <ch02s02.html>

3. Getting Started <ch03.html>

    To Start Bless <ch03.html#bless-start>
    When You Start Bless <ch03s02.html>

4. Using Bless <ch04.html>

    Working with files <ch04.html#bless-usage-files>

        Creating a new file <ch04.html#bless-usage-files-create>
        Opening an existing file <ch04.html#bless-usage-files-open>
        Saving a file <ch04.html#bless-usage-files-save>
        Closing a file <ch04.html#bless-usage-files-close>
        Changing the active file <ch04.html#bless-usage-files-switch-tabs>

    Data View basics <ch04s02.html>

        Selecting the active area <ch04s02.html#bless-usage-dataview-focus>
        Scrolling <ch04s02.html#bless-usage-dataview-scroll>

    Editing a file <ch04s03.html>

        Basic editing operations <ch04s03.html#bless-usage-edit-basic>
        Clipboard operations <ch04s03.html#bless-usage-edit-clipboard>
        Undo/Redo operations <ch04s03.html#bless-usage-edit-undo>

    Searching and Replacing in files <ch04s04.html>

        Searching in files <ch04s04.html#bless-usage-search-find>
        Replacing in files <ch04s04.html#bless-usage-search-replace>

    Exporting Data <ch04s05.html>

        Export Patterns <ch04s05.html#bless-usage-export-pattern>
        Export Dialog <ch04s05.html#bless-usage-export-dialog>

    Performing bitwise operations <ch04s06.html>

5. Customizing Bless <ch05.html>

    Configuration Files <ch05.html#bless-customizing-config>
    Preferences <ch05s02.html>

        General Preferences
        <ch05s02.html#bless-customizing-preferences-general>
        Undo Preferences <ch05s02.html#bless-customizing-preferences-undo>
        Session Preferences
        <ch05s02.html#bless-customizing-preferences-session>

    Layout Files <ch05s03.html>

        Selecting a layout
        <ch05s03.html#bless-customizing-layouts-selecting>
        Creating Layout Files
        <ch05s03.html#bless-customizing-layouts-creating>

    Extending with plugins <ch05s04.html>

6. Frequently Asked Questions <ch06.html>
7. About Bless <ch07.html>

*List of Figures*

3.1. Bless Start Up Window <ch03s02.html#bless-mainwindow>
4.1. Closing a tab <ch04.html#bless_tab_close>
4.2. Cursor in focused and not focused areas <ch04s02.html#bless-area-focus>
4.3. Go to Offset Bar <ch04s03.html#id2939523>
4.4. Select Range Bar <ch04s03.html#id2939737>
4.5. Edit mode statusbar display <ch04s03.html#bless-edit-mode>
4.6. Statusbar number base <ch04s03.html#bless-number-base>
4.7. Search Bar <ch04s04.html#id2940598>
4.8. Replace Bar <ch04s04.html#id2940821>
4.9. Export Dialog <ch04s05.html#id2941314>
4.10. Bitwise Operations Bar <ch04s06.html#id2941462>
5.1. General Preferences <ch05s02.html#id2941740>
5.2. Undo Preferences <ch05s02.html#id2941863>
5.3. Session Preferences <ch05s02.html#id2941992>
5.4. Standard offset-hex-ascii view <ch05s03.html#id2942306>
5.5. Display tag hierarchy <ch05s03.html#id2942580>
5.6. Example layout <ch05s03.html#id2942678>

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