[Geany-Devel] I'm thinking I like Geany...

[Lex Trotman]

On 28 November 2012 09:48, Steven Blatnick <steve8track at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I'm just introducing myself and explaining why I chose to add myself to the
> devel list today, as well as providing a patch.
>
> I'm a software developer who, if you can believe it, uses gedit as my
> primary IDE.  (You may have seen me recently in the IRC channel.)
>
> After struggling with the division between gedit 2, gedit 3, and pluma
> (MATE), I decided to look elsewhere for a light-weight IDE.
>
> My initial impressions of geany are:
>
> 1. It runs with about half the RAM of gedit2 on my box.
> 2. The code seems easier to get in to.
> 3. It seems to be heading the direction I like and has the look and feel I
> want.
> 4. Looks like any feature I miss from gedit I could contribute myself or
> write a plugin.
>
> So here is my attempt to get involved:
>
> I've attached a patch that adds Backspace to the keyboard events for the
> file browser so you can go up a directory quicker.  It's something I noticed
> gedit had and I hope others may find it more convenient than previous Alt+Up
> key combination (which still is there, this is just in addition).
>
> Sorry if I'm doing anything out of step, and I hope I can contribute :-)

Hi Steven,

Patches are always welcome, looks ok to me, but maybe someone who uses
filebrowser extensively should comment on the utility of backspace.

Just an aside, not sure what the FIXME comment in the original is for,
it works for me, and presumably for you too?

Cheers
Lex

>
> Thanks,
>
> Steven Blatnick
>
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