Re: [gnotepad-users] gnotepad+ 1.3.0pre4 (April-25-2000) - some thoughts

[Dermot M. <de...@gl...>]

Hi again, 

Thanks for your reply, I have read the list archives but I meant slightly
different things :)

Andy Kahn wrote:
> 
> Dermot,
> 
> > 1) The 'Apply' button in the Preferences dialog did not apply the changes
> > and I had to restart gnp to make changes (eg the editing font) happen.
> > This was the first time that I ran gnp and it seems OK now.
> 
> Odd; I can't seem to reproduce this.
I guess that the rc files did not exist yet.

> > 2) The GtkXmHTML (doc) does not reflect unsaved changes made to the HTML
> > even though the GtkXmHTML (window) seems to.
> 
> This was (somewhat) intentional.  The way the code is currently
> structured, it is easier to create a new document by simply rereading
> the file from disk than to make another copy of what's (unsaved) in
> memory.
I would prefer the same behaviour that you get with the new window but I
haven't read the sources enough to understand the difficulties.
 
[..]
> Currently, I don't feel that gnotepad is large enough to justify this
> feature, but if gnotepad evolves (mutates?) into a more complex and 
> robust editor, then this feature would certainly be  needed.
It is not the overhead of a new gnp as much as being able to see all the 
open documents in one place - especially minimising and restoring them.

[...]
> The full pathname is show in the window title for the current document.  
I hadn't noticed that - thanks.

[...]
> > 8) What about a simple signal handler for a GtkXmHTML (doc) 'activate' to
> > load and raise the clicked URL (if it is a local HTML file)?
> 
> I'd prefer to keep browser-like features out of gnotepad+.
Fair enough, but that little change would really help work on a website.

[...]
> Please refer to a prior email sent to the mailing list titled "Future
> version(s) of gnotepad+".  I make some comments about adding syntax
> highlighting.
Yes, I read that but I was only suggesting colourising complete HTML tags 
or comments - which is trivial compared to 'real' syntax highlighting 
which I know is a _lot_ of work.

Thanks again, I am not complaining, but explaining how I would like to
use gnotepad.

Regards, Dermot