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Scribes 0.2 Released

Submitted by Anonymous George on Fri, 2005-10-21 20:49. GNOME
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Scribes is the simple, slim and sleek text editor for GNOME.

Editing text files with Scribes is fun and hassle-free. Scribes allows you to focus entirely on your tasks. It ensures monotonous operations, such as saving your files regularly, are handled automatically and properly.

In addition, Scribes is easy to use and easy to learn. With Scribes, your workflow is never interrupted, and your files are always safe.

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Changelog for version 0.2
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*The editor now remembers the last line and cursor position of each file you edit.

*The editor now opens windows centered on your display.

*The editor now frees up the shell terminal when launched from it.

*The editor now displays a progress bar for files that take more than a second to load.

*A new feedback system has been implemented. Icons indicating user operations and the editor's mode are now displayed in the statusbar.

*Tooltips for the toolbar buttons now contain shortcut keys associated with them.

*You can now use the editor in fullscreen mode by pressing F11 to activate the mode and pressing it once more to deactivate it.

*You can now turn on/off spell checking by pressing F6.

*You can indent or unindent line or lines by pressing (Ctrl - T) or (Ctrl -Shift - T) respectively. The command for this function is also available in the popup menu.

*You can now find matching brackets by pressing (Ctrl - b). The command for this function is also available in the popup menu.

*You can now delete a line by pressing (Alt - d).

*You can now join a line by pressing (Alt - j).

*You can now open a line by the current line by pressing (Alt - o).

*You can now open a line above the current line by pressing (Alt - Shift - o).

*You can now delete text from the cursor to the end of line by pressing (Alt - End).

*You can now delete text from the cursor to the beginning of a line by pressing (Alt - Home).

*You can now select a line by pressing (Alt - l).

*You can now select a sentence by pressing (Alt - s).

*You can now select a word by pressing (Alt - w).

*You can now select a paragraph by pressing (Alt -p).

*You can now remove trailing white spaces by pressing (Alt - r).

*You can now remove beginning white spaces by pressing (Alt - Shift - r).

*You can now changed selected text from lowercase to uppercase by pressing (Alt - Up).

*You can now change selected text from uppercase to lowercase by pressing (Alt - Down).

*Readonly mode has been improved to enhance readability and eliminate distractions.

*The entry field in the findbar and replacebar can now be focused via access keys.

*Command line operations have been implemented. Current options include --newfile (-n), --readonly (-r), --version (-v) and --help (-h). Type 'scribes --help' at the prompt in your shell terminal for more information.

*The editor now adheres to most of the GNOME Human Interface Guide, where it makes sense.

*The editor's help manual has been updated.

*Facilities to support internationalization and localization are now in place. Translators are needed.

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yay

Submitted by robsta on Mon, 2005-10-24 09:47.

It's very nice to see people come up with fresh ideas rather than just cloning (the UI of) existing apps or following the GNOME HIG to avoid controversy.

Install problem

Submitted by rehdon on Sun, 2005-10-23 10:22.

I can't install Scribes because, after running python setup.py install as root, this error occurs:

Fatal Python error: can't initialise module gtksourceview
Aborted (core dumped)

Using Python 2.4 and all the necessary gnome-python modules under Mandriva Linux 10.2. Any ideas?

rehdon

re - Install problem by Anonymous George

This is the full

Submitted by rehdon on Sun, 2005-10-23 12:14.

This is the full list:

gtksourceview-1.4.1-0.1gpw
libgtksourceview-1.0_0-1.4.1-0.1gpw
libgtksourceview-1.0_0-devel-1.4.1-0.1gpw
gnome-python-gtksourceview-2.12.0-1mdk
gnome-python-gnomevfs-2.12.1-2mdk
gnome-python-2.12.1-2mdk
gnome-python-gtkhtml2-2.12.0-1mdk
gnome-python-gtkspell-2.12.0-1mdk
gnome-python-canvas-2.12.1-2mdk
gnome-python-extras-2.12.0-1mdk
gnome-python-gconf-2.12.1-2mdk
gnome-python-bonobo-2.12.1-2mdk

I will update the gtksourceview RPMs, I think they are obsolete. I don't think that filling a bug report would be a good idea, though, because the problem is probably all on my side: my original Mandriva installation has been updated to unofficial Gnome 2.12 packages, and to more bleeding edge stuff grabbed from the cooker (developers') repositories.

A proof of the Mandriva Linux robustness, since it all works perfectly, but little glitches like this one are the least you could expect with such a Frankenstein installation ;)

rehdon

simple text editors, riiiiight :-\ by Anonymous George

Wrong

Submitted by rehdon on Sun, 2005-10-23 08:17.

Wrong: there is a very simple, Notepad-like text editor for GNOME, and it's called Leafpad.

Scribes is clearly aiming at being something more than that, possibly a good general + programmer's editor, so I'd leave the "simple" adjective out of the door when describing it.

rehdon

Not Simple? by Anonymous George

Heh :)

Submitted by rehdon on Sun, 2005-10-23 10:01.

My my, aren't we a bit pessimistic here? ;)

rehdon

RE:Wrong by Anonymous George

Depends on how you define

Submitted by rehdon on Sun, 2005-10-23 09:59.

Depends on how you define simple.

How Clintonian :) I define "simple" both as "having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved" and as "elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic". So a "simple text editor" is something very easy to use but also lacking functionalities which can be found in other, more "complex" (wordnet can help with that one too :) text editors.

My impression is that Scribes' author(s) confuses "simple" with "easy to use", forgetting the "lacking functionalities" part. A nitpicking remark, if you want, but again I don't consider Scribes a "simple text editor". You can read that as a praise, provided Scribes really is "easy to use".

Plus I wouldn't call Leafpad a GNOME app.

Me neither. In fact, I didn't: what I called it is "a simple text editor for Gnome". Being a GTK+ program, Leafpad blends nicely into a Gnome desktop environment.

rehdon

Depends on semantics by Anonymous George

Would like to know more...

Submitted by rehdon on Sun, 2005-10-23 11:33.

... especially on the "easy to use" front, but it seems it doesn't like my configuration since it doesn't install, so ...

rehdon

Aw, come on!

Submitted by rehdon on Sun, 2005-10-23 11:23.

I mean, even a cursory glance at Scribes' roadmap (http://scribes.sourceforge.net/roadmap.html) makes it clear that it's got programmer's functions (syntax highlighting, bracket matching, automatic indentation) from version 0.1, with many more to come. Now, unless "programmer's editor" is synonim with "simple editor" for you, I really don't see what the point is in insisting that Scribes is "simple". But don't let me interfere with your semantic ideals, you can call it "kitchen sink" as far as I'm concerned.

rehdon

Simplicity by Anonymous George

ok, but...

Submitted by delusion666 on Sat, 2005-10-22 12:34.

Scribes is the simple, slim and sleek text editor for GNOME.

But that is what i think about gedit...

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