[pygtk] [ANNOUNCE]: Scribes 0.2.4 (Snippets, Color, Movie) Released

[Mystilleef]

Is it conceivable to have a text editor that is simple, yet
powerful? Scribes is the text editor for GNOME that is
simple, slim and sleek, yet powerful.

This release features a template system popularly called
snippets (see Movie). Snippets are pre-configured text you
can insert into Scribes' buffer. Optionally, the text can
contain placeholders you can navigate and replace at will.
Snippets in combination with Scribes' automatic word
completion can boost your productivity and streamline your
workflow.

They have the resultant effect of reducing spelling, syntax
and semantic errors as well as repetitive typing
that occurs too frequently during text editing. It is a
testament to our efforts to continue to provide you with a
fun, fluid and hassle-free experience when editing text
files.

What's more, Scribes makes creating and using snippets
easy! See the link below for a tutorial on how easy it is to
create and use snippets. Future releases will provide a way
to import, export and share snippets with your loved ones.
But in the meantime, you can use the Python, Java, HTML and
General snippets created by downloading the template file
and placing it in ~/.gnome2/scribes/

In addition to snippets, this release features a brand new
spanking color editor, the ability to toggle on or off
readonly mode on the fly, plenty of minor enhancements,
translations for Italian, French, Russian, German and
Brazillian Portuguese, many bug fixes and more polish.

Scribes is the text editor for GNOME that focuses on
streamlining your workflow. It does so by ensuring mundane,
monotonous and repetitive operations are intelligently
automated. And also by eliminating factors that prevent you
from focusing on your tasks.

Enjoy


Flash Movie: http://scribes.sf.net/snippets.htm
Screenshots: http://scribes.sf.net/screenshot.html
Download: http://openusability.org/download.php/86/scribes-0.2.4.tar.gz
Home Page: http://scribes.sf.net/

Snippets File: http://scribes.sf.net/templates.gdb
Snippets Tutorial: http://openusability.org/forum/message.php?msg_id=1831


ChangeLog for version 0.2.4
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- Implemented a template system popularly called snippets
	
- Implemented syntax color editor

- Press F3 to toggle readonly mode on or off

- Press alt-shift-t to convert tabs to spaces

- Press alt-b to select text inside brackets, braces and
  parenthesis

- Select a text and press any opening bracket, single or
  double quote, brace or parenthesis to automatically
  enclose the selected text in the closing pair

- Press the escape key to move the cursor out of a
  bracket region after an automatic bracket completion.

- Press the closing pair of an opening bracket to
  move the cursor out of a bracket region immediately
  after an automatic bracket completion

- Automatic word completion list is now sorted based on
  the number of occurence of each word

- Bookmarks are now preserved and persistent

- Encodings of each file are now preserved and
  persistent

- Automatic word completion window now dynamically
  resizes and positions itself inside the text editor
  and never outside it

- Windows and dialogs are now resolution independent

- Improved line operation behavior

- Fixed preferences bugs

- Fixed GConf bugs

- Fixed search bugs

- Fixed feedback system bugs

- Fixed open dialog filter bugs

- Fixed progress bar bugs

- Fixed various file loading bugs

- Fixed position remembering bugs

- Fixed drag and drop bugs

- Fixed encoding bugs

- Fixed word completion bugs

- Fixed GConf Schema bugs (Thanks to Fryderyk Dziarmagowski)

- Fixed annoying terminal output bugs

- HIG love for dialogs and windows and more polish.

- New French Translation by Gautier Portet

- Updated Italian Translation by Stefano Esposito

- Updated German Translation by Maximilian Baumgart