RE: "RichText" look-a-like for Gtk/Gnome + programming editor

[Bernie Maier <Bernie Maier bullant com>]

Here's one suggestion for two different questions...
Try Scintilla: http://www.scintilla.org

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Casper Helenius [mailto:gnomeprogramming yahoo com]
> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 3:50 AM
> Subject: Q: "RichText" look-a-like for Gtk/Gnome
>
> Hi y'all,
>
> Does anybody know if there is a "RichText"-look-a-like widget 
> for Gtk/Gnome?
>
> I need a text widget with support for chaging front and 
> background color pr. word in a text widget (for syntax 
> coloring in an editor).
>
> Does such a widget exist (I'm totally Gtk nubi so it's gotta 
> be easy to use.. :o) ) or do I have to make my own?

Scintilla is a text editing widget designed for syntax
highlighting.  It has been implementation for GTK and MSW.
I gather its API is based on the MSW rich edit control where
appropriate (i.e. so if you are familiar with the rich edit
control, you don't have to relearn _everything_), but extends
it for the specific requirements to support developing a
programmer's editor.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tony K. [mailto:tony kwok 3web net]
> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 7:48 AM
> Subject: programming editor
>
> This might be slightly OT, but I noticed that I am not the only one 
> that works simultaneously in MSWindows and Gnome.
>
> I am looking - so far unsucessfully - for a graphical, mouse/menu
> oriented,  (i.e. no Vi, Emacs. etc...)  programming editor  that 
> satisfies the following (non-negotiable!) list of  requirements:
>
> 1) Same user interface on both platforms.
> 2) Has multiple-file search/replace facility.
> 3) Can do vertical scroll using mouse wheel.
> 4) Works with global clipboard in both environments.
> 5) Works reasonably well with large (1-2Meg) (text) data files.
> 6) Does C language syntax highlight.
> 7) Can have multiple (single-window) copies running at the same time.
>
> And that is it... nothing more required, nothing less accepted.
> Suggestions welcome, to the list if you agree this could be 
> of interest to others; to my e-mail otherwise.. 

You could try SciTE, which is the sample application demonstrating
the Scintilla text edit widget.  Don't be scared off by the sample
application description - it's quite sophisticated.  I use it for
my Linux development work.

Cheers,

    Bernie