Re: [gtk-list] Re: GtkText

[Derek Simkowiak <dereks kd-dev com>]

> that serves the purpose as a widget within GTK.  From a cursory glance
> at the code and features, it is not.

	What code and features do we expect to be in the new GtkText
widget?

	Some of the possible replacements mentioned here have features
such as syntax highlighting, auto indenting, etc.  I do not believe that
the fundamental GtkText widget should have all that crap--i.e., if I need
a widget for the user to enter in a short note or his address, I want the
code to be as clean and fast as possible.  

	Of course, it would be cool to have widgets (which are sub-classes
of the GtkText) that have syntax highlighting, etc. (something like a
GtkTextEditor wigdet) but that can come later and should not be the
fundamental GtkText widget.

	So, we need a TODO list of bugfixes for the GtkText widget.  I'll
start.

TODO list for GtkText widget
----------------------------
1) Horizontal scrolling support

2) i18n (international languages support)

	2a) Note: This is a biggie, perhaps we should postpone this until
sometime after Gtk+ version 2.0?

	2b) Does it make sense to have two base-class text editing widgets
(as Owen suggested: one based on the current GtkText and another based on
international human languages)?

3) Application and integration of all known patches (someone was saying
they had submitted patches which were still not being distributed, and the
creator of the GtkSCText widget said he had done several patches--did
those ever get put into GtkText?)


	Is there anything else?