On 23.07.2015 17:46, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Armin K. wrote: >> On 23.07.2015 02:43, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >>> Douglas R. Reno wrote: >>>> On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 7:14 AM, Fernando de Oliveira >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> It is only listed for Mousepad-0.4.0, which has also listed >>>>> gtksourceview-3.16.1 as alternative, thus, not really required to be in >>>>> the >>>>> book, but I may be wrong. ISTR Bruce gave a reason for keeping it, long >>>>> ago. >>>>> >>>>> Any reason for not archiving, please? >>> >>>> I can confirm that it will build and work with gtksourceview-3.16.1. >>>> Just tested it, built and functioned without problems. >>> >>> The description for gtksourceview says it highlights syntax source >>> code. I use vim for that, but does mousepad do syntax highlighting of c >>> source >>> code without gtksourceview? > >> It's a text editor widget, not just for highlighting. If the package >> is to be archived, the mousepad can't be built with GTK+2 support, >> thus forcing users to use GTK+3 even if they do manage to build Xfce4 >> without GTK+3 at all. >> >> As far as I know, it's the only decent GTK+2 editor still available >> in the book (Bluefish is GTK+3, Emacs ... no clue, and probably too >> complex to be considered by many). > > gvim is gtk2 based. >
Right. I never considered that. Still, I find it sad to see gtksourceview2 go just because it can be dropped. In that case, I'd like to see webkitgtk+ GTK+2 version dropped because GTK+3 version can be used everywhere where GTK+2 is needed (currently only Midori afaik) and it's optional for GIMP help viewer which can be viewed in a web browser anyways. > I used to use emacs a lot. For programmers who understand Lisp, it's a very > good editor. It's easy to add personal or more general macros. > > There were two reasons I needed it at the time. The first was that it was > before vim and vi was/is crude by comparison. The second was that there was > a very sophisticated macro for it that I needed to format my dissertation > properly (the format proctors are *very* picky). The table of contents, list > of figures, list of tables, index, margins, etc had to be *perfect*. That's where LaTeX wins. > With that macro (actually a set of macros), I was able to print my > dissertation with no corrections needed. > Using emacs has a bit of a learning curve with CTRL-this and ALT-that, but it > is powerful. Today I look at the features of vim and emacs as equivalent. > It just boils down to a preference or knowledge of keystroke combinations. > > -- Bruce > -- Note: My last name is not Krejzi.
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