You probably hit a bug already fixed in bluefish 2.2.6 (see #1300648). AFAIK there is already a request to at least upload a fixed bluefish version to trusty-updates or trusty-backports. But you can use a recent bluefish package from Klaus Vormweg PPA for the being.
https://launchpad.net/~klaus-vormweg/+archive/ubuntu/bluefish ** Changed in: bluefish (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1341811 Title: bluefish fails to start in 14.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluefish/+bug/1341811/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
