Re: TextPad and GtkEText

[Tim Janik <timj gtk org>]

On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Emmanuel DELOGET wrote:

> [cc'ed to timj for the syntax highlight break: you
> should have more chance than me! :)]
> 
> Hi Derek!
> 
> I just downloaded TextPad (since you said it is the
> best hex/text editor you found on the market). it

well, i don't have windows at all, so much for that... ;)

> * display white chars in a consistent way (all apps
> which uses GtkEText would display the same symbols)

what way do you actually want to diplay them? (middle char
dot or so?)

> * allow a column mode editing (yes, I love it :)
> This probably means that the selection code is
> a bit tweaked by this feature (this is why it must
> be implemented in the widget and not in the user
> application)
> 
> * some of the TextPad Edit Menu features should be good
> too (join lines, change case, and so on) [or at least
> providing an interface to register keybings and edit
> functions]

there's the GtkBinding mechanism readily available for this,
configurable even through rc files.

> 
> Hope these are interesting,
> 
> Emmanuel
> 
> 
> 

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ciaoTJ