Re: [gtk-list] Re: GtkText

[John Kodis <kodis jagunet com>]

On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 11:06:56AM -0800, Andy Kahn wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 11:42:41PM +1100, Neil Hodgson wrote:
> > 
> > > Are there any replacement for GtkText?
> > > I need a text widget with working scrollbars and better syntax
> > > highlightign
> > 
> > There are several GTK+ text editing widgets that you may wish to look at:
> > 
> >    GtkEditor http://www.daimi.au.dk/~mailund/gtk.html
> >    GtkExText http://www.bahnhof.se/~mikeh/linux_software.html
> >    Scintilla http://www.scintilla.org
> 
> Unfortunately, the first two are still based on the original GTK text
> widget, so they also inherit all the problems associated with it.  The
> last one (Scintilla), is written in C++ and in it's current form, is
> more of an application as opposed to a reusable widget.

>From the description on the xfree86 Release Notes page

  http://www.xfree86.org/snapshots/3.9.16/RELNOTES3.html#24

it sounds as though the Xaw text widget is quite mature and full
featured.  This may also be worth investigation.

-- John Kodis.