heretical question

[Helmut Jarausch]

Hi,

I've been using NEdit-5.1.1 with the patches by Max Vohlken
for a very long time now.
Since I do wish an editor which can clone windows (in NEdit's
wishlist for ages) I won't use NEdit-5.x with x > 1 .

Unfortunately, NEdit-5.1.1 is no longer maintained.

Can anybody please point me to an editor which has something
like the clone window feature (probably I have to dismiss NEdit).
Or does anybody know about Max Vohlkens email address?

Thanks for a hint even this is a strange request on NEdit's mailing
list.

Helmut.

[Aaron W. Hsu]

On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:26:56 -0400, Helmut Jarausch

Post by Helmut Jarausch
Can anybody please point me to an editor which has something
like the clone window feature (probably I have to dismiss NEdit).
Or does anybody know about Max Vohlkens email address?

I use Acme, and it has Xeroxing of windows. Although, NEdit is different
than Acme...maybe you could still manage to make things work with NEdit.

Aaron W. Hsu

[Bert Wesarg]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 13:26, Helmut Jarausch

Post by Helmut Jarausch
Hi,

Greetings,

Post by Helmut Jarausch
I've been using NEdit-5.1.1 with the patches by Max Vohlken
for a very long time now.
Since I do wish an editor which can clone windows (in NEdit's
wishlist for ages) I won't use NEdit-5.x with x > 1 .
Unfortunately, NEdit-5.1.1 is no longer maintained.
Can anybody please point me to an editor which has something
like the clone window feature (probably I have to dismiss NEdit).
Or does anybody know about Max Vohlkens email address?

Tony Balinski provide a updated patch here:

http://ajbj.free.fr/nedit/nedit5.5dev/patches/vmclonewin-v2_3s.diff

But I have never tried it.

Bert

[Helmut Jarausch]

Post by Bert Wesarg
http://ajbj.free.fr/nedit/nedit5.5dev/patches/vmclonewin-v2_3s.diff

...
Look for vmclonewin-v2_3s.diff
on the page http://ajbj.free.fr/nedit/nedit5.5dev/patches/NEditPatches.html if
you feel up to it!


Many thanks Bert, many thanks Tony.

I'll have a go at this.
If it worked it would be great!
Helmut.

[Helmut Jarausch]

Post by Bert Wesarg
http://ajbj.free.fr/nedit/nedit5.5dev/patches/vmclonewin-v2_3s.diff
But I have never tried it.

Great news! The patch applies to my current version of
NEdit (it's called nedit-5.5_p20090914 under GenToo)

Since I haven't compiled a newer version NEdit for a long time,
just two questions:

- I'm working on a AMD64 machine and I get quite a lot of
warning because of casting to an int/pointer of different size.
After a short look at the source I think these are
innocent (mostly casting a some user data of type (void*) to an int).
Am I right?

- Is the option '-server' assumed to work?
When I start NEdit with this option, it doesn't go
into the backgroup (version 5.1.1 did)
What am I missing?

Many thanks, it's like Christmas for me having
an up-to-date NEdit with my beloved cloning feature!

Helmut.

[Paul Gevers]

Post by Helmut Jarausch
- I'm working on a AMD64 machine and I get quite a lot of
warning because of casting to an int/pointer of different size.
After a short look at the source I think these are
innocent (mostly casting a some user data of type (void*) to an int).
Am I right?

If you want, there is a patch in the bug tracker [1]. It fixes these
warnings by casting to uintptr_t instead of int.

Paul

[1]
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=311005&aid=2846694&group_id=11005

[Bert Wesarg]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 17:02, Helmut Jarausch

Post by Helmut Jarausch
Since I haven't compiled a newer version NEdit for a long time,
- I'm working on a AMD64 machine and I get quite a lot of
 warning because of casting to an int/pointer of different size.
 After a  short look at the source I think these are
 innocent (mostly casting a some user data of type (void*) to an int).
 Am I right?

No. That would be fatal. Its the other way around. int are cast to a
void* and than back, so there is no loss of information.

Bert

[Tony Balinski]

Post by Helmut Jarausch
Hi,
I've been using NEdit-5.1.1 with the patches by Max Vohlken
for a very long time now.
Since I do wish an editor which can clone windows (in NEdit's
wishlist for ages) I won't use NEdit-5.x with x > 1 .
Unfortunately, NEdit-5.1.1 is no longer maintained.
Can anybody please point me to an editor which has something
like the clone window feature (probably I have to dismiss NEdit).
Or does anybody know about Max Vohlkens email address?
Thanks for a hint even this is a strange request on NEdit's mailing
list.
Helmut.

TK Soh did a patch ages ago for cloning windows, a facility I find very
useful. My own patch page is very out of date, but the version there is
fresher than the patch; you could try it out. Look for vmclonewin-v2_3s.diff
on the page http://ajbj.free.fr/nedit/nedit5.5dev/patches/NEditPatches.html if
you feel up to it!

Tony