build static linked gedit with meson?

2023-02-17 Thread jeremy ardley
I want to compile a statically linked version of gedit using the upstream meson based package. I've got the sources matching my current Debian 11 system and can do a build no problem. What I want to do is statically link the gedit executable. I see the non-static executable is very

Faire venir gedit au premier plan sur ouverture d'un fichier texte

2022-11-03 Thread roger . tarani
ent de texte ou autre éditeur) va lancer automatiquement le navigateur (FF, par exemple), qui va apparaître au premier plan. De même pour un fichier pdf qui va ouvrir Document viewer ou autre visionneuse. Mais quand j'ouvre un bête fichier texte, il s'ouvre dans gedit tandis que gedit ne

Re: gedit and kate have window decorations while featherpad and mousepad doesn't

2020-04-19 Thread tomas
On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 10:10:34AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 19 apr 20, 04:59:54, shirish शिरीष wrote: > > > > I am on Debian testing (bullseye, fully updated ) and have found some > > oddities [...] > The hardware has no concept of window decorations, only pixels and what > colour t

Re: gedit and kate have window decorations while featherpad and mousepad doesn't

2020-04-19 Thread shirish शिरीष
at bottom :- On 19/04/2020, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 19 apr 20, 04:59:54, shirish शिरीष wrote: >> >> I am on Debian testing (bullseye, fully updated ) and have found some >> oddities . For instance gedit and kate appear smaller but with full >> window deco

Re: gedit and kate have window decorations while featherpad and mousepad doesn't

2020-04-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 19 apr 20, 04:59:54, shirish शिरीष wrote: > > I am on Debian testing (bullseye, fully updated ) and have found some > oddities . For instance gedit and kate appear smaller but with full > window decorations by which I mean the minimize, maximize and close > icons on the

gedit and kate have window decorations while featherpad and mousepad doesn't

2020-04-18 Thread shirish शिरीष
Hi all, I am on Debian testing (bullseye, fully updated ) and have found some oddities . For instance gedit and kate appear smaller but with full window decorations by which I mean the minimize, maximize and close icons on the top left of the application. On the other hand, featherpad and

Re: gedit problem - will not start

2020-03-13 Thread Default User
ux > > > > I update obsessively. > > > > Just today, gedit will not start, as user. I logged in (as usual) as > > user. Gedit will not start from the GUI. It just shows a small rotating > > symbol indicating an application program trying to start, for about 15 &

Re: gedit problem - will not start

2020-03-13 Thread Yvan Masson
Le 13/03/2020 à 05:22, Default User a écrit : Hey, I have: Debian Unstable 64-bit Cinnamon DE Linux dummy 5.4.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.4.19-1 (2020-02-13) x86_64 GNU/Linux I update obsessively. Just today, gedit will not start, as user.  I logged in (as usual) as user. Gedit will not

gedit problem - will not start

2020-03-12 Thread Default User
Hey, I have: Debian Unstable 64-bit Cinnamon DE Linux dummy 5.4.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.4.19-1 (2020-02-13) x86_64 GNU/Linux I update obsessively. Just today, gedit will not start, as user. I logged in (as usual) as user. Gedit will not start from the GUI. It just shows a small rotating

Re: How to set Gedit left margin to 80 characters

2020-02-05 Thread Default User
On Wed, Feb 5, 2020, 15:55 Curt wrote: > On 2020-02-05, Default User wrote: > > > > Andrei, thank you for the information about "cream". Unfortunately, I > just > > can not "do" modal editing. It just doesn't work for me. > > Then keep it turned off. > > (Cream does not use Vim's modal editing

Re: How to set Gedit left margin to 80 characters

2020-02-05 Thread Curt
On 2020-02-05, Default User wrote: > > Andrei, thank you for the information about "cream". Unfortunately, I just > can not "do" modal editing. It just doesn't work for me. Then keep it turned off. (Cream does not use Vim's modal editing unless turned on from the Preferences menu.) http://cre

Re: How to set Gedit left margin to 80 characters

2020-02-05 Thread Default User
"proper" (it was for me). > > Kind regards, > Andrei > -- > http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Sorry, I've been away for a few days. Andrei, thank you for the information about "cream". Unfortunately, I just can not "do" modal editing. It j

Re: How to set Gedit left margin to 80 characters

2020-01-30 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 29 ian 20, 09:52:29, Default User wrote: > On Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 02:17 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > If you take suggestions for editors you might as well look into (g)vim, > > or cream if you find the learning curve too steep. > > Andrei, thank you for the suggestions. > > I don't know a

Re: How to set Gedit left margin to 80 characters

2020-01-29 Thread Default User
On Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 02:17 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 27 ian 20, 19:16:35, Default User wrote: > > Okay, I'm stumped. > > > > I'm running 64-bit Debian unstable, Cinnamon desktop environment. > > > > All I want to do is set the Gedit left margin to

Re: How to set Gedit left margin to 80 characters

2020-01-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 27 ian 20, 19:16:35, Default User wrote: > Okay, I'm stumped. > > I'm running 64-bit Debian unstable, Cinnamon desktop environment. > > All I want to do is set the Gedit left margin to 80 characters, so that > text hard-wraps (or at least soft-wraps)

Re: How to set Gedit left margin to 80 characters

2020-01-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 28 January 2020 19:57:02 Default User wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020, 12:18 Curt wrote: > > On 2020-01-28, Default User wrote: > > > Okay, I'm stumped. > > > > > > I'm running 64-bit Debian unstable, Cinnamon desktop environment. >

Re: How to set Gedit left margin to 80 characters

2020-01-28 Thread Default User
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020, 12:18 Curt wrote: > On 2020-01-28, Default User wrote: > > > > Okay, I'm stumped. > > > > I'm running 64-bit Debian unstable, Cinnamon desktop environment. > > > > All I want to do is set the Gedit left margin to 80 characte

Re: How to set Gedit left margin to 80 characters

2020-01-28 Thread Curt
On 2020-01-28, Default User wrote: > > Okay, I'm stumped. > > I'm running 64-bit Debian unstable, Cinnamon desktop environment. > > All I want to do is set the Gedit left margin to 80 characters, so that > text hard-wraps (or at least soft-wraps) at that point. Do

Re: How to set Gedit left margin to 80 characters

2020-01-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 27 January 2020 19:16:35 Default User wrote: > Okay, I'm stumped. > > I'm running 64-bit Debian unstable, Cinnamon desktop environment. > > All I want to do is set the Gedit left margin to 80 characters, so > that text hard-wraps (or at least soft-wraps)

How to set Gedit left margin to 80 characters

2020-01-27 Thread Default User
Okay, I'm stumped. I'm running 64-bit Debian unstable, Cinnamon desktop environment. All I want to do is set the Gedit left margin to 80 characters, so that text hard-wraps (or at least soft-wraps) at that point. Currently, with the word-wrap setting in Gedit selected, an

Re: gedit bug with long lines. (was RE: gedit slow with a 1.5Mb text file)

2015-02-02 Thread Gene Heskett
about) for many years, but still not fixed. > > The earliest bug record I can find dates back to 2003, so I'm > > guessing the work around is my best bet for the foreseeable future. > > :) Either that or address the "problem" on the source side. > > The *ge

RE: gedit bug with long lines. (was RE: gedit slow with a 1.5Mb text file)

2015-02-02 Thread Wayne Hartell
Curt wrote: > The *gedit faq* is edifying on the long lines issue (seems like you missed > reading it in your "research): > https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit/FAQ I was searching for bug reports; I hadn't expected an FAQ to exist on the very topic I was interested in. Quit

Re: gedit bug with long lines. (was RE: gedit slow with a 1.5Mb text file)

2015-02-02 Thread Curt
es back to 2003, so I'm guessing the work around is my best bet > for the foreseeable future. :) Either that or address the "problem" on the > source side. > The *gedit faq* is edifying on the long lines issue (seems like you missed reading it in your "research): http

gedit bug with long lines. (was RE: gedit slow with a 1.5Mb text file)

2015-02-01 Thread Wayne Hartell
Wayne Hartell wrote: > I grabbed a 1.5MB text file from Windows (converted using dos2unix, > not that it appears to make a difference) and tried to open this in gedit > and it takes about 45 seconds to open the file. That is a whole lot slower > than I was expecting. To make thin

RE: gedit slow with a 1.5Mb text file

2015-02-01 Thread Wayne Hartell
Wayne Hartell wrote: > I grabbed a 1.5MB text file from Windows (converted using dos2unix, not that it appears > to make a difference) and tried to open this in gedit and it takes about 45 seconds to open > the file. That is a whole lot slower than I was expecting. To make things

Re: gedit slow with a 1.5Mb text file

2015-02-01 Thread Bob Proulx
Wayne Hartell wrote: > I think the file I have simply does not have many line feeds. Is that > abnormal for Linux perhaps? You mean such as your reply line above which is a very long line and pushes off the right side of the screen? More typically it would be word wrapped to make reading it easi

RE: gedit slow with a 1.5Mb text file

2015-02-01 Thread Wayne Hartell
Linux-Fan wrote: > In my experience, VIM is slow with long lines (which are automatically > wrapped and often look strange if the result is too large to fit on a single > page) and > syntax highlighting. Using many short lines, VIM has always been good enough > for me (even with several MiB fil

Re: gedit slow with a 1.5Mb text file

2015-02-01 Thread Linux-Fan
On 02/01/2015 01:42 PM, Wayne Hartell wrote: > I grabbed a 1.5MB text file from Windows (converted using dos2unix, not that > it appears to make a difference) and tried to open this in gedit and it > takes about 45 seconds to open the file. That is a whole lot slower than I > was e

RE: gedit slow with a 1.5Mb text file

2015-02-01 Thread Wayne Hartell
Lisi Reisz wrote: > Why did a _text_ file need converting? Or do you not mean .txt? Yeah just a regular ASCII text file, but as another reply pointed out new lines are handled slightly differently under Windows vs Unix/Linux. I don't think that is the problem though. Cheers, Wayne. -- To UNSU

RE: gedit slow with a 1.5Mb text file

2015-02-01 Thread Wayne Hartell
Patrick Wiseman wrote: > Unix text files end lines with , Windows with . That was the purpose of pre-processing the file with dos2unix. It didn't seem to help. I think the file I have simply does not have many line feeds. Is that abnormal for Linux perhaps? Wayne. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: gedit slow with a 1.5Mb text file

2015-02-01 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > Sorry, Wayne. :-( This was meant to go to the list. I hope that someone can > explain the answer! > > On Sunday 01 February 2015 12:42:00 Wayne Hartell wrote: >> I grabbed a 1.5MB text file from Windows (converted using dos2unix, not >> that i

Re: gedit slow with a 1.5Mb text file

2015-02-01 Thread Lisi Reisz
Sorry, Wayne. :-( This was meant to go to the list. I hope that someone can explain the answer! On Sunday 01 February 2015 12:42:00 Wayne Hartell wrote: > I grabbed a 1.5MB text file from Windows (converted using dos2unix, not > that it appears to make a difference) Why did a _text_ file need

RE: gedit slow with a 1.5Mb text file

2015-02-01 Thread Wayne Hartell
Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI said: > Possibly non-formatted, with one line per paragraph ? That's what it looks like with line numbers on (very big paragraphs too), but my question is why would this slow gedit down and is there any way around it? It seems to present the content as I woul

Re: gedit slow with a 1.5Mb text file

2015-02-01 Thread Ron
On Sun, 1 Feb 2015 23:12:00 +1030 "Wayne Hartell" wrote: > One thing I have noticed under vim is that if I turn on line numbers the > document is showing as several large chunks of text on a handful of lines, > as opposed to a large number of short lines. Would this be

gedit slow with a 1.5Mb text file

2015-02-01 Thread Wayne Hartell
I grabbed a 1.5MB text file from Windows (converted using dos2unix, not that it appears to make a difference) and tried to open this in gedit and it takes about 45 seconds to open the file. That is a whole lot slower than I was expecting. To make things worse the performance within gedit is very

Re: gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-18 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 17 Jul 2014 19:39:41 + (UTC) "Juan R. de Silva" wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jul 2014 11:26:38 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > > On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 21:43:00 + (UTC) > > "Juan R. de Silva" wrote: > > > > > >> BTW, about "bupsky" script you shared with me... It's very nice > >> while worki

Re: gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-17 Thread Juan R. de Silva
On Thu, 17 Jul 2014 11:26:38 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 21:43:00 + (UTC) > "Juan R. de Silva" wrote: > > >> BTW, about "bupsky" script you shared with me... It's very nice while >> working with files in console, like using vim, or nano, or anything >> like this. I do mos

Re: gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 21:43:00 + (UTC) "Juan R. de Silva" wrote: > BTW, about "bupsky" script you shared with me... It's very nice while > working with files in console, like using vim, or nano, or anything > like this. I do most of my file editing work in GUI editors. So, in > this case it's

Re: gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-16 Thread Juan R. de Silva
m/archives/xubuntu-users/2014-July/007320.html >> >> Though I spent quit a bit of time to figure it out. Well, plus a bit of >> frustration thinking the file was lost. But... At the end there was a >> "Happy End." :-) >> >> Nevertheless, I did not

Re: gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-16 Thread Steve Litt
plus a bit > of frustration thinking the file was lost. But... At the end there > was a "Happy End." :-) > > Nevertheless, I did not neither Mousepad nor Leafpad and with some > help found a very good substitution for both - Pluma a default MATE > text editor, a fork from

Re: gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-16 Thread Juan R. de Silva
Mousepad nor Leafpad and with some help found a very good substitution for both - Pluma a default MATE text editor, a fork from venerable GNOME2 gedit. Looks excellent in XFCE. Another one I installed and I like it is Geany. But this one is for more serious work. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to de

Re: gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-15 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 00:38:14 +0100 José Silva wrote: > On 15/07/14 23:11, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Tue, 15 Jul 2014 22:00:34 +0100 > > José Silva wrote: > > > >> On 15/07/14 21:03, Bret Busby wrote: > >>> Pluma > >>> > >>> Pluma is a text editor which supports most standard editor > >>> features

Re: gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-15 Thread José Silva
On 15/07/14 23:11, Steve Litt wrote: On Tue, 15 Jul 2014 22:00:34 +0100 José Silva wrote: On 15/07/14 21:03, Bret Busby wrote: Pluma Pluma is a text editor which supports most standard editor features. What's wrong with xfce mousepad? Just the other day it ate someones whole file. I thin

Re: gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-15 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 15 Jul 2014 22:00:34 +0100 José Silva wrote: > On 15/07/14 21:03, Bret Busby wrote: > > Pluma > > > > Pluma is a text editor which supports most standard editor features. > > What's wrong with xfce mousepad? Just the other day it ate someones whole file. I think that was reported on thi

Re: gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-15 Thread José Silva
On 15/07/14 21:03, Bret Busby wrote: Pluma Pluma is a text editor which supports most standard editor features. What's wrong with xfce mousepad? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-15 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 15 Jul 2014 22:34:18 +0400 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 07:46:07PM +0200, B wrote: > > When I launch gedit, it just have ugly upper and lower > > gray bars (with controls & information), but no XFCE > > decoration, especially the clo

Re: gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-15 Thread Bret Busby
was invented [1]. >>> Users thoughts on the matter, are … well, let's sum it up as >>> 'needs some work' - [2]. >> >> I think I could suggest another use of the butter for >> those creeps… >> >> Too bad, I loved gedit; any suggestion abo

Re: gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-15 Thread Bret Busby
On 16/07/2014, Erwan David wrote: > Le 15/07/2014 21:36, Bret Busby a écrit : >> On 16/07/2014, Reco wrote: >>> Hi. >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 07:46:07PM +0200, B wrote: >>>> When I launch gedit, it just have ugly upper and lower >

Re: gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-15 Thread Go Linux
On Tue, 7/15/14, B wrote: Subject: Re: gedit ugly under xfce To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2014, 1:47 PM Too bad, I loved gedit; any suggestion about quite the same editor w/o uglyness? With my wheezy xfce, I use

Re: gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-15 Thread Tom H
um it up as >> 'needs some work' - [2]. > > I think I could suggest another use of the butter for > those creeps… > > Too bad, I loved gedit; any suggestion about quite the > same editor w/o uglyness? Doesn't Mate have a gedit fork? If you're not averse to

Re: gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-15 Thread Erwan David
Le 15/07/2014 21:36, Bret Busby a écrit : > On 16/07/2014, Reco wrote: >> Hi. >> >> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 07:46:07PM +0200, B wrote: >>> When I launch gedit, it just have ugly upper and lower >>> gray bars (with controls & information), but n

Re: gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-15 Thread Bret Busby
On 16/07/2014, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 07:46:07PM +0200, B wrote: >> When I launch gedit, it just have ugly upper and lower >> gray bars (with controls & information), but no XFCE >> decoration, especially the close/minimize buttons (and

Re: gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-15 Thread Bzzzz
On Tue, 15 Jul 2014 13:49:09 -0500 lostson wrote: > Geany works quite nice or there is always gvim. No bad at all, thanks. -- TooTo: eg: if you put the dog in the microwave, you'll void warranty Manny: For the dog or for the microwave? signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-15 Thread lostson
s on the matter, are … well, let's sum it up as >> 'needs some work' - [2]. > > I think I could suggest another use of the butter for > those creeps… > > Too bad, I loved gedit; any suggestion about quite the > same editor w/o uglyness? > -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-15 Thread Bzzzz
checked on a 32bits machine: ze same) > Upstream sees this misfeature as a best thing since buttered bread > was invented [1]. > Users thoughts on the matter, are … well, let's sum it up as > 'needs some work' - [2]. I think I could suggest another use of the butter

Re: gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-15 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 07:46:07PM +0200, B wrote: > When I launch gedit, it just have ugly upper and lower > gray bars (with controls & information), but no XFCE > decoration, especially the close/minimize buttons (and > no upper bar from the theme). > > grdest

Re: gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-15 Thread Bzzzz
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Re: gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-15 Thread Frank McCormick
On 07/15/2014 01:46 PM, B wrote: sid 64bits XFCE gedit == Hi list, I'm using When I launch gedit, it just have ugly upper and lower gray bars (with controls & information), but no XFCE decoration, especially the close/minimize buttons (and no upper bar from

gedit ugly under xfce

2014-07-15 Thread Bzzzz
sid 64bits XFCE gedit == Hi list, I'm using When I launch gedit, it just have ugly upper and lower gray bars (with controls & information), but no XFCE decoration, especially the close/minimize buttons (and no upper bar from the theme). grdestop has XFCE decoration. Is

Re: XFCE4 - gedit - was Re: Thanks

2013-09-10 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 9/10/13, Kailash wrote: > On Thursday 05 September 2013 07:48 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> On 9/5/13, Nate Bargmann wrote: >>> * On 2013 05 Sep 05:48 -0500, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >>>>> Turns out, they both produce almost identical errors. Gedit error: >&

Re: XFCE4 - gedit - was Re: Thanks

2013-09-10 Thread Kailash
On Thursday 05 September 2013 07:48 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 9/5/13, Nate Bargmann wrote: >> * On 2013 05 Sep 05:48 -0500, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >>>> Turns out, they both produce almost identical errors. Gedit error: >>>> >>>> (gedit:15593):

Re: XFCE4 - gedit - was Re: Thanks

2013-09-05 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 9/5/13, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2013 05 Sep 05:48 -0500, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> > Turns out, they both produce almost identical errors. Gedit error: >> > >> > (gedit:15593): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:101:18: >> > Not

Re: XFCE4 - gedit - was Re: Thanks

2013-09-05 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2013 05 Sep 05:48 -0500, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > Turns out, they both produce almost identical errors. Gedit error: > > > > (gedit:15593): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:101:18: > > Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. > >

Re: XFCE4 - gedit - was Re: Thanks

2013-09-05 Thread Zenaan Harkness
> Turns out, they both produce almost identical errors. Gedit error: > > (gedit:15593): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:101:18: > Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. > > Evince error: > > (evince:15620): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error:

Re: XFCE4 - gedit - was Re: Thanks

2013-09-05 Thread Zenaan Harkness
e a while ago, and have >>> been happy since. >> >> I don't like mousepad editor however, and I don't gedit. So I installed BTW, that should have been "I don't mind gedit".. >> gedit. >> >> But gnome apps aren't configuring properly

Re: XFCE4 - gedit - was Re: Thanks

2013-09-04 Thread Kailash
. > > I find it adequate; ~8months now; I am however reasonable with the command > line. > > I don't like mousepad editor however, and I don't gedit. So I installed gedit. > > But gnome apps aren't configuring properly; in particular, in the menu > bar of

Re: XFCE4 - gedit - was Re: Thanks

2013-09-03 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 01.09.2013 08:22, schrieb Joel Rees: > 've been looking at geany, and it looks interesting functionally, but > I'm not at all sold on it. Don't like lots of tool panes all over. > It's part of the reason I can't quite bring myself to use either > netbeans or eclipse regularly. Most of them can

Re: XFCE4 - gedit - was Re: Thanks

2013-09-03 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2013-09-02 at 11:43 +0900, Joel Rees wrote: > Hmm. I think I have seen that kind of thing once, some years ago, but > not recently. I think it was with a less stable version of LXDE > (running a Fedora security tools live USB). I've seen it before too, but don't remember the reason for thi

Re: XFCE4 - gedit - was Re: Thanks

2013-09-03 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2013-09-02 at 02:02 +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > http://upmart.org/gedit-menus-example.jpg That's really odd :(. When using gedit on Xfce (different distros, including Ubuntu/Debian) it's ok on my machine. I agree there seems to be some lib(s) missing. Xfce was and for

Re: XFCE4 - gedit - was Re: Thanks

2013-09-01 Thread Joel Rees
; better job for GTK + Qt apps than GNOME did and Mate does. For GNOME and >>>> Mate Qt apps were/are an issue. Perhaps the space between the menus is >>>> less wide, than it is using GNOME and I'm simply used to it, but at >>>> least there is a little bit spa

Re: XFCE4 - gedit - was Re: Thanks

2013-09-01 Thread Zenaan Harkness
;> Mate Qt apps were/are an issue. Perhaps the space between the menus is >>> less wide, than it is using GNOME and I'm simply used to it, but at >>> least there is a little bit space between the drop down menu titles in >>> the menu bar of GNOME apps, such as gedit

Re: XFCE4 - gedit - was Re: Thanks

2013-09-01 Thread Joel Rees
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 1:02 AM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 9/1/13, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> On Sun, 2013-09-01 at 12:54 +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >>> But gnome apps aren't configuring properly; in particular, in the menu >>> bar of gedit (and I've seen it

Re: XFCE4 - gedit - was Re: Thanks

2013-09-01 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 9/1/13, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 2013-09-01 at 12:54 +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> But gnome apps aren't configuring properly; in particular, in the menu >> bar of gedit (and I've seen it elsewhere I think), all the menus are >> jammed up against each

Re: XFCE4 - gedit - was Re: Thanks

2013-09-01 Thread Jape Person
On 09/01/2013 02:22 AM, Joel Rees wrote: ... > > I've been looking at geany, and it looks interesting functionally, but > I'm not at all sold on it. Don't like lots of tool panes all over. > It's part of the reason I can't quite bring myself to use either > netbeans or eclipse regularly. > ... A

Re: XFCE4 - gedit - was Re: Thanks

2013-09-01 Thread Joe
. > > I find it adequate; ~8months now; I am however reasonable with the > command line. > > I don't like mousepad editor however, and I don't gedit. So I > installed gedit. > > But gnome apps aren't configuring properly; in particular, in the menu > bar

Re: XFCE4 - gedit - was Re: Thanks

2013-08-31 Thread Joel Rees
> I find it adequate; ~8months now; I am however reasonable with the command > line. > > I don't like mousepad editor however, and I don't gedit. So I installed gedit. I think, but I am not sure, that mousepad is in there because it is small and doesn't have a lot of

Re: XFCE4 - gedit - was Re: Thanks

2013-08-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2013-09-01 at 12:54 +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > But gnome apps aren't configuring properly; in particular, in the menu > bar of gedit (and I've seen it elsewhere I think), all the menus are > jammed up against each other - no nice spacing between them. Anyone >

XFCE4 - gedit - was Re: Thanks

2013-08-31 Thread Zenaan Harkness
line. I don't like mousepad editor however, and I don't gedit. So I installed gedit. But gnome apps aren't configuring properly; in particular, in the menu bar of gedit (and I've seen it elsewhere I think), all the menus are jammed up against each other - no nice spacing between them

GEdit mail mode?

2013-07-22 Thread Eric d'Halibut
I have been floundering around the web looking for whatever plugin or plugin(s) are needed to make GEdit useful as an editor, say, with mutt. I thought this info would have leapt off the screen at me, but here I am asking my patient deb-user friends yet another OT question! What I expect mostly

Re: gedit flaw need to be addressed

2011-06-22 Thread John W Foster
On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 16:29 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:16:01 -0500, John W Foster wrote: > > > I've used gedit as my quick editor for some time on my Debian 'stable' > > production server. Primarily for a quick revising of mediawiki article

Re: gedit flaw need to be addressed

2011-06-22 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:16:01 -0500, John W Foster wrote: > I've used gedit as my quick editor for some time on my Debian 'stable' > production server. Primarily for a quick revising of mediawiki articles. > I use the find and replace feature a LOT! Recently after some upgr

gedit flaw need to be addressed

2011-06-22 Thread John W Foster
I've used gedit as my quick editor for some time on my Debian 'stable' production server. Primarily for a quick revising of mediawiki articles. I use the find and replace feature a LOT! Recently after some upgrades that feature does not work properly. i.e. if I click on the drop do

Re: 'sudo gedit' stopped working [SOLVED]

2010-10-03 Thread T o n g
On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:43:20 -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote: >> I have a menu item, 'sudo gedit', which has worked for years but just >> stopped working (on a current testing system).  . . . > > Sorry to answer my own question - 'gksudo gedit' works (althou

Re: 'sudo gedit' stopped working

2010-09-30 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 09/30/2010 04:37 PM, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > I have a menu item, 'sudo gedit', which has worked for years but just > stopped working (on a current testing system). Running from the > command line, I get: > > No proto

Re: 'sudo gedit' stopped working [SOLVED]

2010-09-30 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > I have a menu item, 'sudo gedit', which has worked for years but just > stopped working (on a current testing system).  Running from the > command line, I get: > > No protocol specified > > (gedit:3008

'sudo gedit' stopped working

2010-09-30 Thread Patrick Wiseman
I have a menu item, 'sudo gedit', which has worked for years but just stopped working (on a current testing system). Running from the command line, I get: No protocol specified (gedit:30084): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0 as I do when I try to run gedit in a root termina

RE: gedit won't let go of my pendrive

2009-09-08 Thread Kevin Ross
files > are from the pendrive anymore, so why does it keep locking? > > No, i haven't tried the -i or any other workaround, since i'd like it > to Just Work... ;) Any suggestions? > > TIA, > Nuno Magalhães Most likely, gedit's current working directory is still

Re: gedit won't let go of my pendrive

2009-09-08 Thread Wayne Topa
Nuno Magalhães wrote: Could you show us the command you are using to 'eject' the pendrive. Sorry, "none". I use thunar-volman, it mounts and umounts my removable media. I just right-click the drive icon in any file browser window and choose "unmout". Please use the Debian-user list for repli

Re: gedit won't let go of my pendrive

2009-09-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-09-08 12:01, Nuno Magalhães wrote: On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 17:57, Tim Tebbit wrote: If you are ejecting from a shell, make sure you have left the pendrives directory. ie 'cd ~/; eject /dev/sdb*' I know, thanks; i'm using the GUI (thunar file manager). I've dist-upgraded this morning. Af

Re: gedit won't let go of my pendrive

2009-09-08 Thread Rakotomandimby Mihamina
09/08/2009 07:57 PM, Tim Tebbit: 'cd ~/; eject /dev/sdb*' Just 'cd' is enough. -- Architecte Informatique chez Blueline/Gulfsat: Administration Systeme, Recherche & Developpement +261 34 29 155 34 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@li

Re: gedit won't let go of my pendrive

2009-09-08 Thread Nuno Magalhães
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 17:57, Tim Tebbit wrote: > If you are ejecting from a shell, make sure you have left the pendrives > directory. ie 'cd ~/; eject /dev/sdb*' I know, thanks; i'm using the GUI (thunar file manager). I've dist-upgraded this morning. After two quick tests (just read a file; and

Re: gedit won't let go of my pendrive

2009-09-08 Thread Tim Tebbit
Nuno Magalhães wrote: Greetings. If i open a txt from my pendrive, then close it, then try to eject, i'll get the "an app is using it" message. None of gedit's open files are from the pendrive anymore, so why does it keep locking? No, i haven't tried the -i or any other workaround, since i'd li

Re: gedit won't let go of my pendrive

2009-09-08 Thread Wayne Topa
Nuno Magalhães wrote: Greetings. If i open a txt from my pendrive, then close it, then try to eject, i'll get the "an app is using it" message. None of gedit's open files are from the pendrive anymore, so why does it keep locking? Could you show us the command you are using to 'eject' the pen

gedit won't let go of my pendrive

2009-09-08 Thread Nuno Magalhães
Greetings. If i open a txt from my pendrive, then close it, then try to eject, i'll get the "an app is using it" message. None of gedit's open files are from the pendrive anymore, so why does it keep locking? No, i haven't tried the -i or any other workaround, since i'd like it to Just Work... ;)

Escape sequence in GEDIT

2009-06-24 Thread John Salmon
How can I enter as ANSI escape sequence in GEDIT? -- John Salmon salmo...@comcast.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: running gedit as su brings error

2009-03-02 Thread Dave Patterson
Also, running Gedit with sudo works fine. -- Dave signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: running gedit as su brings error

2009-03-02 Thread Dave Patterson
* Michael Pobega [2009-03-02 04:02:38 -0500]: > > Try running it with sux or gksu rather than just plain su; that should > pass X privileges to any account you switch to > Hmm, it seems gksu is being used with Synaptic, but why the error when calling Gnome's system log monitor? I get a root

Re: running gedit as su brings error

2009-03-02 Thread Michael Pobega
On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 01:23:15PM +0700, Dave Patterson wrote: > Hello * > > Recently I've been getting an error I've not seen before in Gnome: when > I run Gedit from a terminal as su, I get the following: > > Failed to contact configuration server; some possible c

running gedit as su brings error

2009-03-01 Thread Dave Patterson
Hello * Recently I've been getting an error I've not seen before in Gnome: when I run Gedit from a terminal as su, I get the following: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS lock

`pr' command (was: `gedit' page margins customization)

2008-04-28 Thread Rodolfo Medina
On 04/27/2008 10:07 AM, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> I want to set at my pleasure the page margins when printing a document edited >> with gedit, but apparently this seems not be possible. Is there anyone who >> has any experience with problem? "Mumia W.." <[EMAIL

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