ANNOUNCE: Mousepad 0.1.0

Auke Kok sofar at lunar-linux.org
Thu Jan 20 13:55:17 CET 2005


Andrew Conkling wrote:

> On 20/01/05 02:27:24, Biju Chacko wrote:
>
>> Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
>>
>>> to actually be on topic, i'm *not* in favor of adding syntax  
>>> highlighting to mousepad.  i just don't think that's the point of 
>>> it.   use something less lightweight if you need highlighting.  
>>> mousepad  should be for jotting down random notes, editing config 
>>> files, stuff  like that.  you don't need highlighting.  hell, the 
>>> code for doing just  syntax highlighting would likely be half the 
>>> size of the current  codebase.
>>
>>
>> I agree. Being Fast and responsive is most important.
>
>
> gVim is and it's packed with features.


vim-with-a-mouse is like a fiat 500 limousine... just not right. 
Sometimes I just want something simple that can do ctrl-c/ctrl-v instead 
of doing keyboard magic. mousepad *as* *is* is what it should stay IMO 
(well, maybe one or two minor adjustments).

sofar





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