Is anybody maintaining nedit?

[Van Snyder]

Is anybody maintaining nedit? There's a list of developers on the "Help
=> Version" menu but no addresses.

The "Help => problems and defects" and "Help => Version" menus give a
URL that lands on a site in Finland. I assume it's in Finland because
it's all in Suomi, and has nothing to do with nedit.

I'm running Debian 12.5 with KDE 5.27.5.

I use "Nedit released by Debian (1:5.7-3)" with "Motif (Untested)
2.3.8" and "Server: The X.Org Foundation 12101007."

Sometimes after I've been editing for a while, the dialogue boxes stop
allowing keyboard input.

Is this a nedit thing, or has KDE somehow subverted it? Or, if I'm
using Wayland instead of Xorg (how would I know)?

Although it claims to be built with locale en_US.UTF-8, it doesn't do
anything with "compose" keystrokes such as "Compose" / O to make Ø. but
it's perfectly happy to let me input them if I create them elsewhere,
such as in this mailer.  Is there a way to use compose keys in nedit?

[Joe B]

Is anybody maintaining nedit? There's a list of developers on the "Help => Version" menu but no addresses.

aptitude showsrc nedit
Executing 'apt showsrc nedit'

Package: nedit
Binary: nedit
Version: 1:5.7-5
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <***@qa.debian.org>
Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), libmotif-dev, libx11-dev,
libxt-dev, x11proto-core-dev, bison, perl
Architecture: any
Standards-Version: 4.6.2
Format: 3.0 (quilt)
Files:
abf2d762e3743620de91da8c8c170e51 1865 nedit_5.7-5.dsc
c0fad4e2526ca0478e4250d5ebec4a28 1344754 nedit_5.7.orig.tar.gz
99f5f68a328a4bf228469be9f5e3d86f 35212 nedit_5.7-5.debian.tar.xz
Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/nedit
Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/nedit.git
Checksums-Sha256:
92910de8ef84de67c2d3b5045875c496d862bfd8ff902fd4b9dcf963764bc520 1865
nedit_5.7-5.dsc
add9ac79ff973528ad36c86858238bac4f59896c27dbf285cbe6a4d425fca17a
1344754 nedit_5.7.orig.tar.gz
32bf3fc15dbb6154838a34d560ca5b0f3e7744301f4c15f8a2af8ad2ea3d0764 35212
nedit_5.7-5.debian.tar.xz
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/nedit/
Package-List:
nedit deb editors optional arch=any
Directory: pool/main/n/nedit
Priority: source
Section: editors

Thanks

Joe

[Andy Smith]

Hi,

Post by Van Snyder
Is anybody maintaining nedit? There's a list of developers on the "Help
=> Version" menu but no addresses.

I assume you are asking if the upstream project is dead, rather than
if it is maintained within Debian or not.

I do not know anything about nedit but the Debian changelog implies
there hasn't been an upstream release since 2017, while all other
recent package updates are minor packaging details.

https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/n/nedit/nedit_5.7-5_changelog

( linked from https://packages.debian.org/source/sid/nedit )

Unless it was considered feature-complete in 2017, I don't think it
is an ongoing project.

I also note that its Debian maintainer has been assigned to the QA
team, which typically happens for packages that no one volunteers to
maintain any longer in Debian.

Thanks,
Andy

[Joe B]

Post by Andy Smith
Hi,

Post by Van Snyder
Is anybody maintaining nedit? There's a list of developers on the "Help
=> Version" menu but no addresses.

I assume you are asking if the upstream project is dead, rather than
if it is maintained within Debian or not.
I do not know anything about nedit but the Debian changelog implies
there hasn't been an upstream release since 2017, while all other
recent package updates are minor packaging details.

I thought he was just asking who maintained it.

Post by Andy Smith
https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/n/nedit/nedit_5.7-5_changelog
( linked from https://packages.debian.org/source/sid/nedit )
Unless it was considered feature-complete in 2017, I don't think it
is an ongoing project.
I also note that its Debian maintainer has been assigned to the QA
team, which typically happens for packages that no one volunteers to
maintain any longer in Debian.

Also i found more info

unstable

https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/n/nedit/changelog-15.7-5

Stable

https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/n/nedit/changelog-15.7-3

Also

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/nedit/news/

Hope i'm doing this right as i'm still new to debian learning everything

Joe

[Fred]

Post by Van Snyder
Is anybody maintaining nedit? There's a list of developers on the "Help
=> Version" menu but no addresses.
The "Help => problems and defects" and "Help => Version" menus give a
URL that lands on a site in Finland. I assume it's in Finland because
it's all in Suomi, and has nothing to do with nedit.
I'm running Debian 12.5 with KDE 5.27.5.
I use "Nedit released by Debian (1:5.7-3)" with "Motif (Untested) 2.3.8"
and "Server: The X.Org Foundation 12101007."
Sometimes after I've been editing for a while, the dialogue boxes stop
allowing keyboard input.
Is this a nedit thing, or has KDE somehow subverted it? Or, if I'm using
Wayland instead of Xorg (how would I know)?
Although it claims to be built with locale en_US.UTF-8, it doesn't do
anything with "compose" keystrokes such as "Compose" / O to make Ø. but
it's perfectly happy to let me input them if I create them elsewhere,
such as in this mailer.  Is there a way to use compose keys in nedit?

Hi,
I have been using that version of nedit but I don't use KDE. I just use
openbox and xterms. Nedit works fine for me. I have never used the
compose function.
Best regards,
Fred

[David Wright]

Which key is Compose?

I've gone to KDE System Settings => Keyboard => Advanced => Position of
compose key and selected the right-ALT key.

In nedit, does it do whatever is engraved on it, or whatever the

Highlight something with left drag, then left-ALT middle drag exchanges
them
Doing it with right-ALT just replaces the left-drag selection with the
middle-drag selection

Might a different Compose key survive running nedit, for example
CapsLock or Pause, which are fairly useless keys. (I use CapsLock.)
I can't imagine nedit rebinding them.

Cheers,
David.