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. > > > -- > __________________________________________________ > Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 > Fermilab ComputingDivision/CSS CSI Group > __________________________________________________