[Gretl-devel] Re: external editors (gtksourceview)

Am 11.01.2020 um 13:06 schrieb Artur Tarassow: > Am 10.01.20 um 09:38 schrieb Sven Schreiber: >> Hi, >> >> I'm wondering: wouldn't it be easy to get gretl syntax highlighting also >> in other GTK-related text editors, like Gedit? Since gretl uses the >> gtksourceview library/standard, could it even be as simple as to re-use >> the file gui/gretl.lang? >> If yes, would it be an idea to submit this definition file upstream to >> the GTK/Gnome people? > let me hijack that post for a related issue: > In summer we've spoken about an eventual new GUI for gretl. Slightly OT: Artur since you're on Linux AFAIK you could use the option to run gretl via GTK3 in a single browser window, as some people over the years have reported. That way you would have all the gretl windows in one place.

> Atom is a open-source project pushed by facebook and offers a very > flexible 'state-of-the-art' editor which can be extended to become a > proper IDE. Juno, for instance, offers syntax highlighting, Well, starting with syntax highlighting, how would that have to be specified there?

My thought about Gedit etc. was that the ingredients might already exist. I will test.