Thanks! Starting work on Fedora Core 7+* next week.
Cheers, Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thorsten Haude > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 11:36 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Future of NEdit? > > Hi, > > * Mark Hatch wrote (2008-01-04 11:03): > >> Maybe just as important: Could you have a look at the problems OM > >> currently has on Ubuntu? I think them guys could use a > helping hand. > > > >We would be happy to help. Can you provide me a pointer > here? (Sorry, > >missed the earlier discussions on this problem.) > > An easy lead in would be > - install Ubuntu (or use it live I guess) > - install libmotif-dev > - download and build NEdit > - marvel at the missing dependencies.¹ > > > I can't even find out whether the package has a maintainer, > but there are some bugs that seems to be pertinent: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nedit/+bug/157917 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nedit/+bug/149371 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nedit/+bug/96536 > > Please note that I'm not aware of any proof that this is > actually a misbuilt OM. I just connected the dots, namely the > reports that it is nearly unusable, the basic error in the > package¹ and the stability of OM elsewhere. If it turns out > to be NEdit's fault, please get back to us soon. > > The discussion on NEdit's mailing list starts about here: > http://www.nedit.org/pipermail/discuss/2007-November/009418.html > > > Thanks! > > > ¹: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openmotif/+bug/179851 > > Thorsten > -- > Rarely do we find people who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. > There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and > half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than > having to think. > - Martin Luther King > -- NEdit Develop mailing list - [email protected] http://www.nedit.org/mailman/listinfo/develop
