On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 at 08:06, Enrico Tröger via Users <users@lists.geany.org> wrote: > > To extend this: > Kate is written using the Qt framework while Geany uses GTK. > > The terminal implementation which Kate uses is based on Qt and so it > cannot be used in Geany, unfortunately. > > Geany uses VTE for the terminal component and it does not work Windows, > see https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/-/issues/1236. > > nce anyone will implement Windows support in the VTE library we can > probably use it as well.
But since the only real attempt to do something (which you linked above) died 15+ years ago, unless a white knight rides in and actually does it, it will never happen. So, given the shortage of white knights these days, I would say it will never happen. Cheers Lex > > Regards, > Enrico > > > On 30.10.23 08:28, Lex Trotman via Users wrote: > > Because Kate is Qt and Geany is GTK? > > > > Cheers > > Lex > > > > On Mon, 30 Oct 2023 at 16:15, akshay chavan via Users > > <users@lists.geany.org> wrote: > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> So I have been using this text editor called Kate on and off which has an > >> embedded terminal on Linux (which till recently did not work on Windows). > >> However, Kate devs have solved the problem and have got it working on > >> Windows 10. > >> > >> See this article: Introducing The Embedded Terminal on Windows - Kate > >> (kate-editor.org) > >> > >> I have tried it and it works OK. > >> > >> Geany has had the same problem since the beginning. The only solutions I > >> can find online are some workarounds involving AutoHotKey. > >> > >> If Kate devs can solve the issue, what keeps Geany from getting an > >> embedded terminal on Windows? > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org > >> To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org _______________________________________________ Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org
