Re: [gedit-list] gedit 2.15.2 released

[Dimi Paun <dimi lattica com>]

On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 12:26 +1000, John Pye wrote:
> Regarding the 'common user': the common user for something like gedit
> *is* a programmer. How many people do you know use Notepad in windows
> for anything except programming and technical tasks like editing
> configuration files? A 'text editor' is not something the
> non-technical user has anything to do with.

You have to be kidding: if you see anyone use Notepad for programming,
please tell them to check with their doctor :)

My point is simple: most people are not programmers, and they do simple
things with gedit: view a file, make a small change, etc. As the
*official* editor, this is its main function, and its default behavior
should cater to this use case. And I hope we can all agree that for
the simple cases MDI gets in the way.

For programming MDI is great, but for that _specialized_ purpose the
editor can be opened in a special mode (via a different menu, most
likely under Programming). This can also control what plugins are
loaded too, to make the simple case load faster, and the specialized
one even better.

They are very different use cases, they need different treatment.

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Dimi Paun <dimi lattica com>
Lattica, Inc.