I have now checked, and reported the bug to nedit, please see this note

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1087192&group_id=11005&atid=111005

I feel this issue is trivial enough to upgrade nedit to the latest version on Scientific linux due to the nature of the new version being so good, and now I think of it I may have only found this now as I may have done this work around before when I installed the "new" Woody version of Debian some 3 years ago.

Regards

Owen

PS 

Half finished bug entry also sumitied by mistake


On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:20:56 +0100
Owen Synge <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 17:36:31 +0100
> Owen Synge <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 14:49:39 -0500
> > Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi Owen,
> > > nedit is my favorite editor, so my first thought is always, hmm ... 
> > > maybe we can.
> > > The problem is, that by your own arguments, we can't put 5.5 in the next 
> > >   minor release.
> > > Why?
> > > Let's say we put it in Scientific Linux 4.2.  Then all of the machines 
> > > with 4.2, will have nedit 5.5, and all the ones on with 4.1 and 4.0 will 
> > > have 5.4.  And if these two versions of nedit clash ... well then a 
> > > large set of people are now going to have several machines with both 
> > > versions, and they are going to have problems all over.
> > > 
> > > So, currently, the best we can do is put it in the contrib section if 
> > > you get us an rpm for nedit 5.5.
> > > 
> > > Troy
> > 
> > So should I include an attachment to you ?
> > 
> > where should I upload it and can I make it dependent on open motif rather than lesstif?
> > 
> > Do I need to sign this work with a pgp key etc. (Never done this yet)
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > Owen
> > 
> > PS 
> > 
> > mixing 
> > 
> > Christian Metzen <[log in to unmask]>
> > 
> > work for ccux-linux.de and the nedit source download works.
> > 
> > The only other issue is do we have open motif packaged?
> 
> We do I think, I can get it via apt and yum so its definitely available
> 
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > Owen Synge
> 
> This URL
> 
> http://repository.ccux-linux.de/pub/ccux/SRPMS.stable/nedit-5.5-1.src.rpm
> 
> makes an rpm. 
> 
> The source code included in this rpm is also identical to that down-loadable at nedits web site
> 
> 
> $md5sum *
> 48cb3dce52d44988f3a4d7c6f47b6bbe  nedit-5.5-src.tar.bz2
> 48cb3dce52d44988f3a4d7c6f47b6bbe  nedit-5.5-src.tar.bz2.nedit.org
> 
> Regards
> 
> Owen
> 
> PS 
> 
> Now linked my debian box with Motif based version (A Little overriding required) as this may be the route cause of my errors. I shall let you know in a week or two if this cures this issue with 5.4/5.5 incompatibilities.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > Owen Synge wrote:
> > > > Debian Stable has Nedit 5.5 and this version and the previous version
> > > > clash if run on the same Xserver breaking CtrlC, CtrlV in combination
> > > > please could we upgrade the Scientific Linux version to 5.5 in the next
> > > > release as this is very annoying. Also I find Nedit far better when
> > > > linked to motif than Lestif.
> > > > 
> > > > Unfortunately Nedit developers don't seem to distribute SRPM's
> > > > 
> > > > Regards
> > > > 
> > > > Owen Synge
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > NEdit news
> > > > 
> > > > 2004-10-13 - NEdit 5.5
> > > > 
> > > >     The NEdit team is pleased to announce NEdit 5.5.
> > > > 
> > > >     Improvements over NEdit 5.4 include:
> > > > 
> > > >         * Tabbed windows for working with multiple documents in one
> > > > window
> > > >         * Find and Clear buttons for the interactive search bar
> > > >         * Improved Latex & Python syntax highlighting patterns
> > > >         * Simpler configuration for auto-scrolling
> > > >         * Improvements to the macro language
> > > >         * Efficiency improvements and bug fixes
> > > > 
> > > >     Improvements over NEdit 5.5RC2 include:
> > > > 
> > > >         * Detaching tabs should now use the default window size for the
> > > > new window
> > > >         * Detaching/moving non-top tab does not change top tab.
> > > >         * Less confusing wording in the File->New XXX menu items
> > > > 
> > > >     See the ReleaseNotes file (included in the distribution) for more
> > > > details.
> > > > 
> > > >     Executables for a variety of platforms can be downloaded over http
> > > > or ftp. The source code is also available via http or ftp.
> > > > 
> > > >     As always, we value your feedback. For that you can use the familiar
> > > > mailing lists or the SourceForge bug tracker.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -- 
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