GtkEditor0.1.8

GtkEditor is a source code editor widget for GTK+. It is currently used, in one version or another, in several GTK+/GNOME applications, including gIDE, VDKBuilder, GXEdit, and Bluefish.

The longterm goal of GtkEditor is to provide a framework for source code editing in GTK+ applications, whether just for editing macros or for full fledged IDEs. We try to achieve this through a highly configurable editor widget sub-classing the gtktext widget. After initialisation, the editor widget can be treated as the usual text widget, and all source-code editing features are taken care of by the widget itself. The behaviour of the editor is decided by dynamic libraries loaded during initialisation of the widget or statically linked with the application using the widget. These libraries can be hand-coded or created using tools supplied with GtkEditor.

In the current version of GtkEditor, the widget only support syntax highlighting, but future versions will include automatic/semi-automatic indenting, parenthesis matching, and what other nifty features we can come up with.