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?

Regards

Owen Synge


> 
> 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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