Owen,
Send us your src.rpm for this and we will put it in contrib for now and
will decide to put it in the main tree when we work on that again.
-Connie Sieh
On Mon, 26 Sep
2005, Owen Synge wrote:
> 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.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > __________________________________________________
> > > > Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468
> > > > Fermilab ComputingDivision/CSS CSI Group
> > > > __________________________________________________
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