Future of NEdit?

Thorsten Haude yoo at vranx.de
Thu Jan 3 00:03:07 CET 2008


Hi,

* Jörg Fischer wrote (2007-11-27 15:50):
>Pieter Masereeuw wrote:
>
>> - copy-paste between other apps and Nedit does not always work
>> - sometimes Nedit becomes unexplainably slow
>> - the open-file dialog is a bit clumsy.
>
>Check Help -> Version and you're most likely to see Lesstif behind the
>'With Motif:' part.

More than likely, but we still have several problem reports for OM. So
the problem is really that neither is dependable.


>Please notice Linux is just the name of one of the possible kernels of
>a system called GNU, which stands for 'GNU is not Unix'.  NEdit uses
>Motif which is part of a Unix system, but Motif isn't part of a GNU
>system.  There is only the Motif clone Lesstif, which *can* be part of
>a GNU system. (Open Motif can't be, because it's only freeware but not
>free software.)

Again, it's not that simple. In which of your two little boxes would
you put OpenSolaris?


Thorsten                                           Kristin Hersh: Listerine
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