Re: [gedit-list] gedit rocks, [=how to improve the editor even more]

[Armin Ronacher <armin ronacher active-4 com>]

Hoi,

Paolo Borelli wrote:
> Yes the new engine is definately better, however also the old one uses
> regexes, part of the problem with poor highlighting of certain languages
> is that we do not know them, so patches to improve .lang files are more
> than welcome.
I think gtksourceview 2 does not understand the old files. So is 
updating a good idea or wait for the new engine?

> gsv2 also supports color themes. Current line highlighting is taken from
> the gtk theme so it can be somehow customized, but I agree we should
> probably turn that into a real style property.
Yeah. That would be cool.

> A central plugin database is a cool idea, but something we do not have
> enough time to spend on: help is more than welcome. Our current "central
> plugin db" is the wiki page... while not advanced as custom db, this has
> the really important feature of keeping the entry barrier low for anyone
> who wants to add a plugin since we do not have time to track all third
> party plugins manually. It worked fairly well until now.
>
> Help with the webpage is always welcome, though bear in mind that we
> want to stay consistent with the rest of the gnome web look&feel.
> An updated news section or a forum are also something that go well
> beyond our current available time since they need constant updating and
> moderation.
I would really like to help on a new webpage + plugin repository.

> > Also sourcecode highlighting definition files should be loadable from 
> > the ~/.gnome2/gedit/* folder or something like that to allow vim like 
> > .vim folders you can copy to your usb stick and move around.
>
> This is already possible: the dir is
> ~/.gnome2/gtksourceview-1.0/language-specs
Yeah. I know. But every thing is in a different directory. So i cannot 
sync them easily. (gedit in different folder than sourceview etc).

> Yes, indentation is something that has been on the table for a while,
> but it's far from trivial: feel free to give it a try :)
Well. Not for the moment. But someone in that thread already told that 
he would like to help :)

Regards,
Armin