Suggestion: Change leafpad for pluma

[Michał Olber]

Better use Geany :)
http://mate-desktop.org/2012/11/09/pluma-vs-geany-lite/

W dniu 16.11.2012 10:09, jEsuSdA 8) pisze:
> El 16/11/12 09:58, Michał Olber escribió:
>> Maybe try Leafpad, which is used by Xubuntu project?
>>
>
> Oh, sorry, I was talking about mousepad instead Leafpad.
>
> The point is the same: Leafpad is more similar to mousepad than Pluma. 
> Has no syntax colors, spellcheking, plugins... and the about says it 
> was released on 2010...
>
>
> I think it will be a great idea to use Pluma instead Leafpad.
>
> What do you think?
>
>
>> W dniu 16.11.2012 09:28, jEsuSdA 8) pisze:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I recently installed the gedit fork pluma from the Mate desktop.
>>>
>>> I have test the amount of memory used by pluma is about 50% of gedit
>>> (gtk3), and, of course, it starts very quickly.
>>>
>>> The XFCE default text editor is mousepad and the "about" information
>>> says the actual version came from 2006. XFCE has lot of improvements
>>> since 2006, but mousepad is the same.
>>>
>>> I think it will be a nice idea to use mate-text-editor pluma as a
>>> default XFCE editor. It has some great advantages like spellchek,
>>> syntax color, and some plugins.
>>>
>>> It was made using gtk2, like XFCE, and it can run standalone (more or
>>> less).
>>>
>>> The Mate desktop guys are discusing about Pluma or Geany as a default
>>> Mate text editor, cause they have no enough people to mantain pluma as
>>> same level than Geany developers can.
>>>
>>> I think Geany is not a user friendly text editor, it is a great IDE,
>>> but not a general purpose text editor.
>>>
>>> Maybe you could join efforts to mantain Pluma and, maybe XFCE and Mate
>>> can get benefits in this point.
>>>
>>> I know everybody can install Pluma even it will not be part of XFCE
>>> desktop, but doing this implies adding new repositories, and install
>>> some extra packages I consider not needed (mate-conf, for example).
>>>
>>> Maybe you could work to a better integration with pluma and XFCE or
>>> even make a fork.
>>>
>>> The point is that mousepad does not match the high quality of XFCE
>>> apps, and pluma could sorrowfully dissapears if Mate choses Geany.
>>> Maybe XFCE could adopt this nice text editor and take advantage from 
>>> it.
>>>
>>> Finally I'm not a developer, so I know this suggestion could be easy
>>> to expose, difficult to accomplish, so I will understand you tell me
>>> this is a nonsense. ;)
>>>
>>> Excuse my poor english and let me know what do you think about this
>>> suggestion. ;)
>>>
>>> Salu2 de jEsuSdA 8)
>>>
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>
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