Category Archives: GtkSourceView

Introducing gspell, a new spell checking library

Posted on September 16, 2015 by swilmet

As part of the LaTeXila project and its fundraiser, I’m working on a new spell checking library called gspell. Some background At first I wanted to contribute to GtkSpell so that GtkSpell and GtkSourceView work well together, without a dependency … Continue reading →

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File loading and saving in GtkSourceView, finally

Posted on July 9, 2014 by swilmet

Last year GtkSourceView saw a new search and replace API. This year it’s the file loading and saving that has just landed! It is in the continuity of making the gedit source code more reusable for other text editors. In … Continue reading →

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Making the gedit source code more reusable

Posted on May 20, 2014 by swilmet

On IRC I see some developers working on other text editors based on GtkTextView/GtkSourceView. It is a good thing in my opinion to have specialized text editors. They are easier to use and configure. A specialized application has a potentially … Continue reading →

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Search and replace behavior for a text editor

Posted on December 8, 2013 by swilmet

The search and replace is one of those features that have a wide variety of different implementations and behaviors across applications. The nice thing with my work I did this summer on GtkSourceView, is that you can build whatever behavior … Continue reading →

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The GSoC on GtkSourceView/gedit comes to an end

Posted on September 21, 2013 by swilmet

A small update on my GSoC. The first part took a little longer than expected. But I’m happy with the results, the search and replace API is simple and flexible, there were not a lot of bugs to fix, and … Continue reading →

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Regex search in gedit and GtkSourceView, finally

Posted on August 19, 2013 by swilmet

Although regular expression searches were possible with plugins, it is now available by default in gedit. The search and replace works too, and you can use backreferences (\0, \1, …) in the replacement text. All this work has been merged … Continue reading →

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Search and replace in gedit and GtkSourceView

Posted on July 15, 2013 by swilmet

My GSoC on GtkSourceView/gedit/… is coming along nicely. Here is a screenshot of the new search in gedit: The visible new thing is the “298 of 703” in the search entry, that shows the position of the current search match, … Continue reading →

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Hi, planet GNOME! GSoC on (mainly) GtkSourceView

Posted on June 23, 2013 by swilmet

My blog has just been added to the planet GNOME! I’m now a GSoC student, working mainly on GtkSourceView (my proposal). I’m implementing a higher-level asynchronous API for the search and replace. I hope to finish this task in two … Continue reading →

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My work on GtkSourceView so far

Posted on March 19, 2013 by swilmet

During the GNOME 3.7 development cycle I’ve been busy working on GtkSourceView, a library used by gedit, Anjuta DevStudio, LaTeXila, and other applications. The main change is that the completion system has been revamped, mainly under the hood. Completion: user-visible … Continue reading →

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