question to xfce4 4.4 release

[Benedikt Meurer]

Erik Harrison wrote:
>>>>>I would like to, i really like the program, but unfortunately i can
>>>>>not work on it until xarchiver is stable.
>>>>
>>>>Well unfortunately... i just like programming too damn much ;)
>>>
>>>maybe not google summer of code material... but maybe good for a new team
>>>member? after all, rewriting it will be all about cleanups and good understanding.
> 
> At that point you're not so much taking over maintainership of
> Mousepad as taking the name
> 
> And we're not anti python so much as few of us are python programmers.
> PyXfce (in the Beta) provides bindings to the Xfce libraries, and
> Thunar extensions can be written in Python

You cannot currently write Thunar extensions in Python, because PyGTK
doesn't work with local binding. I'll have to look for a solution, but I
haven't had the time to do so.

Benedikt

BTW: I don't think it's a very good idea to rewrite Mousepad in Python.
Currently, Mousepad appears instantly, which is what I expect from a
default editor. If you are looking for a slow default editor, use gedit. ;-)