Suggestion: Change leafpad for pluma

[jEsuSdA 8)]

El 16/11/12 10:11, Michał Olber escribió:
> Better use Geany :)
> http://mate-desktop.org/2012/11/09/pluma-vs-geany-lite/
>

As you can see and as you can read I told, Geany is very appreciated by 
"developers" but I think is not the kind of text editor a "normal user" 
could find friendly.

The thing is:

1 - XFCE can still using Leafpad, but the XFCE users do not do that, and 
they uses Geany, Gedit, or whatever else. So, What sense has to bring an 
app nobody cares?

2 - As you suggest, people may use Geany. This is the same as 1. Maybe, 
then, XFCE could discuss about replacing Leafpad for Geany.

3 - As I suggest, XFCE could replace Leafpad with Pluma. And maybe join 
efforts with Mate people to mantain it.

4 - Maybe, if Geany Lite is released (Geany Lite there no actually 
exists, it is only a Mate idea), could be used instead Leafpad or Pluma, 
and XFCE could join efforts with Mate people to mantain.


The point is that I think Leafpad does not bring so much functionality 
to be used for many people. And maybe continue its development requires 
so much time and resources to still bringing a text editor who does not 
bring the functionality expected.

How many work and time is needed to bring Leafpad the functionality 
Pluma has yet?

I think baybe using other text editor could save time, resources and 
bring users a better experience making XFCE more complete and useful.

Excuse me if not explain well enough. ;)




> 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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