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[Israel <israel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nio!

On 03/07/2015 01:35 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> ...
> Hi,
>
> Tested in a clean live environment.
>
> I'm used to Lxterminal and it has tabs.
> Lxterminal would add 2380 kB
>
> Sakura would add 1844 kB  * small, seems good, right-click for tabs.
>
> tilda would add 2480 kB
>
> ROXTerm would add 2677 kB
>
>
> -o-
>
> I'm not happy with XEdit. Are leafpad and mousepad too big, or pull in
> too many packages? They are OK.
>
> Mousepad would add 1909 kB
> Leafpad would add 723 kB   * Would be a good alternative
>
> Geany is a really good text editor.
>
> Geany would add 7677 kB according to apt-get, so quite a bit bigger (too
> big to be a default editor).
So, Xedit comes with the calculator, and a few other tools in one very
small package.

I agree that Xedit is not the best... however your choices point out the
very issue.
All your choices are nice..
Leafpad is not good for me (no syntax highlighting)
Mousepad is Ok, but the syntax highlighting is not so good.
Gedit is best for basic text editor with syntax highlighting for me, I
would uninstall leafpad or mousepad...

Gedit is NOT for everyone.

Geany is amazing for a text editor.... but huge.

Xedit is good for the default *basic* editor until the user installs
their preferred one.
nano is fine for syntax highlighting.


At least... this is my 2 cents.  We all like different editors for
different reasons.  Most people would like Leafpad the best (who needs
syntax highlighting for notes?  besides people like me :D )
I always get rid of it.

> -o-
>
> And please re-install nano in the live system!
>
> Best regards
> Nio


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Regards

-Israel
ToriOS Team