[Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-10-17 Thread Lex Trotman
Hi All, Along with the previous response on the icon, the following was proposal was also received from Clement of the Mint distro: "Another thing I wanted to ask you about, and I'm glad you contacted us, is about the configuration of Geany as a text editor for users (as opposed to developers). G

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-10-17 Thread Matthew Brush
On 12-10-17 05:55 PM, Lex Trotman wrote: Hi All, Along with the previous response on the icon, the following was proposal was also received from Clement of the Mint distro: "Another thing I wanted to ask you about, and I'm glad you contacted us, is about the configuration of Geany as a text edi

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-10-18 Thread Thomas Martitz
Am 18.10.2012 02:55, schrieb Lex Trotman: To kick the ball off, here is my thoughts on the topic. First thought is that there is plenty of upside to such cooperation in terms of attracting more contributors to the developer version of Geany. The flip side of that is of course that more bugs

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-10-18 Thread Thomas Martitz
Am 18.10.2012 09:17, schrieb Thomas Martitz: First of all, I find the idea of Geany becoming the default text editor in some distro. The idea that a distro uses an IDE as a text editor by default is an acknowledgement for our goal to keep Geany lightweight. Let me complete the sentence:

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-10-18 Thread Lex Trotman
On 18 October 2012 19:01, Thomas Martitz < thomas.mart...@student.htw-berlin.de> wrote: > Am 18.10.2012 09:17, schrieb Thomas Martitz: > > > First of all, I find the idea of Geany becoming the default text editor in > some distro. The idea that a distro uses an IDE as a text editor by default > i

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-10-18 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 2012-10-18 09:17, schrieb Thomas Martitz: First of all, I find the idea of Geany becoming the default text editor in some distro. The idea that a distro uses an IDE as a text editor by default is an acknowledgement for our goal to keep Geany lightweight. I understand they want a simplified us

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-10-18 Thread Colomban Wendling
Le 18/10/2012 04:18, Matthew Brush a écrit : > On 12-10-17 05:55 PM, Lex Trotman wrote: >> Hi All, Hi, >> >> Along with the previous response on the icon, the following was proposal >> was also received from Clement of the Mint distro: >> >> "Another thing I wanted to ask you about, and I'm glad

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-10-18 Thread Dimitar Zhekov
On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:55:00 +1100 Lex Trotman wrote: > "Another thing I wanted to ask you about, and I'm glad you contacted us, is > about the configuration of Geany as a text editor for users (as opposed to > developers)." [and so on] Of course, it would be nice to have Geany as a default text

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-10-20 Thread Lex Trotman
Reply from Clement: "Regarding the default text editor, I've read the emails on the mailing list with interest. From our point of view, it wouldn't need to change much. Typically we're looking at a generic unbranded "text editor" that works great and is lightweight. Geany fits the bill nicely, plu

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-10-21 Thread Matthew Brush
On 12-10-20 06:01 PM, Lex Trotman wrote: Reply from Clement: "Regarding the default text editor, I've read the emails on the mailing list with interest. From our point of view, it wouldn't need to change much. Typically we're looking at a generic unbranded "text editor" that works great and is l

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-10-21 Thread Enrico Tröger
Hey, I didn't really follow the thread in depth, so sorry in advance if I missed something obvious. > If it does indeed come down to just hiding widgets, I think we could > offer a way to do that. We (or Mint guys) could have a 2nd Glade file > which has the visibility of much stuff set to false

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-10-21 Thread Colomban Wendling
Le 21/10/2012 10:14, Matthew Brush a écrit : > On 12-10-20 06:01 PM, Lex Trotman wrote: >> Reply from Clement: >> >> "Regarding the default text editor, I've read the emails on the mailing >> list with interest. From our point of view, it wouldn't need to change >> much. Typically we're looking at

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-10-21 Thread Colomban Wendling
Le 18/10/2012 21:34, Dimitar Zhekov a écrit : > [...] > > 3. Write "minimal" mode for the find dialogs. They are not glade, but > even if they were, simply hiding "Use regular expressions" and "Use > escape sequences" will leave a hole on the left part of the dialog. I don't think hiding regular

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-10-21 Thread Colomban Wendling
Le 21/10/2012 16:08, Colomban Wendling a écrit : > [...] > > * we (Geany) make it easy to change the brand BTW this could arguably also be done as a trivial patch on the distro side. ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/c

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-10-21 Thread Matthew Brush
On 12-10-21 02:49 AM, Enrico Tröger wrote: Hey, I didn't really follow the thread in depth, so sorry in advance if I missed something obvious. If it does indeed come down to just hiding widgets, I think we could offer a way to do that. We (or Mint guys) could have a 2nd Glade file which has t

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-10-21 Thread Colomban Wendling
Le 21/10/2012 21:52, Matthew Brush a écrit : > [...] > > But that doesn't mean we couldn't extend which widgets can be hidden via > the config file by adding more keys to it. I like this way the best > because I can also use it for the (future) Mac bundle (it already has a > customized geany.conf

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-10-21 Thread Matthew Brush
On 12-10-21 01:13 PM, Colomban Wendling wrote: Le 21/10/2012 21:52, Matthew Brush a écrit : [...] But that doesn't mean we couldn't extend which widgets can be hidden via the config file by adding more keys to it. I like this way the best because I can also use it for the (future) Mac bundle (i

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-10-22 Thread Thomas Martitz
Am 21.10.2012 22:52, schrieb Matthew Brush: On 12-10-21 01:13 PM, Colomban Wendling wrote: Le 21/10/2012 21:52, Matthew Brush a écrit : [...] But that doesn't mean we couldn't extend which widgets can be hidden via the config file by adding more keys to it. I like this way the best because I

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-11-07 Thread Lex Trotman
Hi All, So our conclusion is that some seem to think it would be a good idea, but no-one has come forward and said "Ok, I will fork it on Github and lead the development of the simplifyable version, anyone wanting to help contact me". So does this mean the answer for Mint is sorry we are unable t

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-11-07 Thread Matthew Brush
On 12-11-07 06:36 PM, Lex Trotman wrote: Hi All, So our conclusion is that some seem to think it would be a good idea, but no-one has come forward and said "Ok, I will fork it on Github and lead the development of the simplifyable version, anyone wanting to help contact me". So does this mean t

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-11-07 Thread Thomas Martitz
Am 08.11.2012 03:36, schrieb Lex Trotman: Hi All, So our conclusion is that some seem to think it would be a good idea, but no-one has come forward and said "Ok, I will fork it on Github and lead the development of the simplifyable version, anyone wanting to help contact me". My impression

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-11-07 Thread Lex Trotman
On 8 November 2012 17:11, Thomas Martitz < thomas.mart...@student.htw-berlin.de> wrote: > Am 08.11.2012 03:36, schrieb Lex Trotman: > > Hi All, >> >> So our conclusion is that some seem to think it would be a good idea, but >> no-one has come forward and said "Ok, I will fork it on Github and lea

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-11-07 Thread Thomas Martitz
Am 08.11.2012 07:47, schrieb Lex Trotman: and have the simple mode in our main repository if the required changes are not too invasive. But we cannot determine how invasive they are unless we get more information about what should constitute this "simple mode". And I agree wi

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-11-08 Thread Colomban Wendling
Le 08/11/2012 05:36, Matthew Brush a écrit : > [...] > > I'd mark it as a "Pending" feature request with NEEDINFO status :) +1, to this and Thomas comment :) E.g., we can't really go further (in any direction we decide going) without clear knowledge of what's the goal. Cheers, Colomban

Re: [Geany-Devel] Proposal from the Mint distro

2012-11-30 Thread Liviu Andronic
Joining in a bit late.. To start with, I think that a 'geany --light' and accompanying *.desktop entries would be an excellent and low-cost addition to Geany. On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 5:36 AM, Matthew Brush wrote: >> I have no problems with it and I'd be willing to help out with >> implementing t