Hello Josef, I am a writer and a longtime Linux Mint user. I recently switched to Chakra as Mint dropped KDE. I am not a programmer.
I have been using Leo for ten years as my primary editor. (Wow, time flies). Here is how I install Leo. 1. Install the latest Anaconda from here: https://www.anaconda.com/download/#linux I use the python 3 version. I am not a programmer so it doesn't matter to me. The latest version of anaconda comes with anaconda-navigator, an excellent utlity that helps manage what is installed and what is not and simplifies setting up a python environment including different versions of python and pyQT. I have had so many bad experiences with the python installed by distributions that anaconda has sorted out that I have learned to start with anaconda instead of monkeying with .deb packages and python. 2. Install the prerequisites for Leo. These I usually install using pip or the package manager in the distribution. Try pip first. docutils, pandoc, pyxml, pyenchant, git 3. Install Leo. Open a terminal in your home directory. git clone https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor.git 4. Configure environment. I use a shell script to run Leo from my home directory to run Leo. I always open Leo from a terminal as often valuable information is displayed in the terminal that doesn't show anywhere else. #!/bin/bash cd leo-editor git pull ./launchLeo.py --session-restore --session-save I have never tried to associate .leo files or .db files with Leo. In a decade I have actually only ever used three actual files: myLife.leo (my organizer), writing.leo (small projects, like articles, websites etc.), and novel.db, the book I am working on. I have generated over a thousand text files using @file and @clean from these .leo files. In general, try to stay away from the package manager in your distribution when it comes to python and QT. Anaconda is your friend. :-) Hope this helps, Chris On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 4:03 AM, Josef <[email protected]> wrote: > Although I used python occasionally since version 1.3, programming is not > my main occupation. > So far I have installed leo from git, but I am missing a straightforward > way to configure it on my Xubuntu 16.04 machine. > > I do not know how to create a new mime type for it and associate it with > leo (it's easy to associate it with an existing mime type, but I do not > want to open all XML files with Leo). > The mime type editor, that comes with xubuntu does not seem to allow > adding a new type! > > I do not know what all the dependencies are, therefore I have currently > viewrendered not working. > > The Leo Debian package sources from Ville Vaino are for the jaunty version > of Debian and do not seem to load in Xubuntu 16.04. > > I think it would be nice to be able install and configure Leo without too > much hassle at least on the Ubuntu LTS versions and derivates, e.g. > Xubuntu, Kubuntu, ... > Ideally that would mean a matching .deb package, but I would be happy with > a good set of instructions. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
