Recent yum update: nedit 'text copy' causes segmentation fault

Phil Meyer pmeyer at themeyerfarm.com
Fri Sep 14 15:30:06 UTC 2007


Max Pyziur wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Sep 2007, Aaron Konstam wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2007-09-14 at 00:35 -0700, Rob wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> This must be a yum update from the last week or so.
>>>
>>> When I open nedit editor, and I mark an area with the mouse,
>>> then whenever I want to copy the text (either via the regular
>>> menu, or with the right-mouse-click menu), nedit gets a
>>> segmentation fault and explodes!!
>>>
>>> Any idea what is the cause of this?
>>> Clipboard problems?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Rob.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> But why use nedit when there are so many orher choices, vi, gedit,
>> kedit, etc.
>
> Nice syntax highlighting? Relatively lightweight? Emulates WinDoze 
> text editors? Old habits?
>
> Max
> pyz at brama.com
>

Jedit will be familiar to Cedit users.

ALL of the editors mentioned fit your criteria.  Lightweight, great 
highlighting, and fairly standard controls.







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