Re: [gedit-list] after 1 month of use -- gedit feedback / issues



Hello

On Mon, 2007-07-02 at 04:57 +0100, Andre Pinheiro wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> Ok, I've been using gedit (v2.18.1) for almost 1 month now, and here are 
> the issues I'm having --
> 
> (I apologize in advance for the "draft-like" text of this email -- time 
> has been short..)
> 
> 
> * Features I'm missing in gedit:
> 
> - Configurable chars to be part of word -- like in gnome-terminal's 
> option: "Select-by-word characters"

This  reminds me - Vertical selection as seen in gnome-terminal.

> (e.g., to add "_", and ":" for Ruby symbols, "$" for Ruby global vars, etc.)
> So that we can, e.g., make gedit see "_" as part of a word -- so that 
> double-clicking on a variable with underscores will select the whole 
> variable, same for Ruby symbols, etc..
> 
> - Smart Home?
> I.e., <Home> putting the cursor after indentation (instead of at col 1)
> 
> - Z-order Tab Switching with Ctrl-Tab (or other hotkey)
> explanation - from a quick googling:
> "Z-order buffer switching allows you to easily switch to previous buffer 
> using Ctrl-Tab, with exact behavior you expect from Alt-Tab."
> as seen in:
> Firefox, jEdit, and a good deal of editors..

This issue was discussed earlier, and the conclusion - Ctrl+Alt+
PgUp/PgDn seems to universal across all gnome apps.


> 
> - Smarter Indentation for Ruby / Rails
> e.g.: <Enter> in a line that starts with "class " should increase 
> indentation for next line. same with "def ".
> 
> 
> -- Is there some way to get any of these?
> Some configuration? Plugin? Or "patches welcome"? ;)  (I intend to 
> contribute in the future..)
> 
> 
> * Some problems / questions:
> 
> (BTW, I've installed the additional lang and MIME types for Rails 
> available here (page in spanish):
> http://blog.nationcode.com/articles/2007/05/29/emular-textmate-en-linux
> )
> 
> - Why sometimes gedit doesn't:
> recognize when I open an .rhtml file and set up proper syntax 
> highlighting for it?
> 
> - When does gedit save the last position of the caret in a file?
> Bug: A lot of times gedit doesn't save the last position of the caret in 
> a file.
> 
> - gedit displays one less newline at end of file?
> -- one less newline at end of file than other editors?
> 
> 
> That said, I love gedit!  :)  Thank you to everyone who has been 
> contributing.
> 
> ..Coming from jEdit, I really appreciate gedit's responsiveness and 
> lightness.  I intend to use gedit as my main programming editor for a 
> long time to come.
> 
> Thanks for reading this, and I hope someone can enlighten me on some of 
> these issues.
> 
> And thanks, Nando, for your latest -- the Rails Hotkeys plugin! :) Great 
> work.
> 
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