Re: [gtk-list] Re: GtkText

[Andy Kahn <ackahn netapp com>]

On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 04:44:53PM -0500, Bradford Hovinen wrote:
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> Hmmm... I just downloaded and took a look at Scintilla. It looks like its
> text edit widget is far in advance of GtkText in many ways (especially in
> that it supports horizontal scrolling). Since the Gtk+ project needs a new
> text edit widget, why not just take that, port it to C (shouldn't be too
> hard since all the Gtk+ stuff is written in C) and patch it into Gtk+ as a
> GtkText replacement?

I think it's easier said than done. :)


> It would eliminate the necessity of reinventing the
> wheel by writing a new text edit widget from scratch.

Isn't Scintilla exactly that: a new text widget from scratch?


> It still needs a bit
> of work, most noteably in the area of reducing flicker and improving
> selection support, but to do so would be far easier than a completely new
> widget.
> 
> I would be happy to take on that effort if the idea is to the satisfaction
> of all involved.

A bit ambitious, but sounds good to me.  Good luck!

regards,
--andy