Gtk::Text widget

[James William Carlson <jcarlson stanford edu>]

Hello,
  I just read that the Text widget doesn't support horizontal 
scrollbars.  Is this something that's being worked on, or is
a permanent deficiency?  On a related note, do you (that is,
experienced Gtk programmers) feel that the Text widget is 
appropriate for implementing a truly full featured text
editing environment?  Have their been any independent attempts
to develop alternate Text widgets for Gtk?

Thanks alot,

Jim Carlson