[gedit-list] My thanks and hoped for improvements to Gedit

[Rex Welsh <rexwelsh cogeco ca>]

Hello gentlemen

I wish to thank you for giving me this great product that has so much 
potential.

I'm an old amateur Sifi writer that has withdrawal symptoms since 
leaving WordPerfect and starting on Fedora with your product. I know 
that Gedit is a text editor not a word processor. The potential is there 
to make an even better product.

There is no language called plain text but some tricks could go under 
this heading if it were made.

I stumbled upon the fact that 'Dos Batch' makes my quotes a different 
colour. This is great for finding missing quotes. Could this be an 
option under plain text? I don't need the list of reserved words 
highlighted as well.

I'm obliged to make a great many odd names. My stories cover many novels 
so the list gets quite extensive. Spelling in my native English is 
difficult enough. I was hoping to find a way of typing a shortcut that 
brings up a list of names starting with the letter 'A.' The mouse or a 
keystroke could insert the name in the document. Another shortcut may 
bring up a list with names, places or things that start with 'B'.

I use Gedit to read most of my documents even if I have to convert them 
to text. Being an old fart means I have less cognitive powers. I find a 
problem on occasion with leaving the right side of one line and starting 
the line below. Nautilus has a background that alternates one on one. 
This would be great in Gedit even if it were one on three.

Thank you again for making my life richer. Now if I could only find a 
easy programming language to learn, something that may use an advanced 
abacus.

Thanks for also making it easy for me to ask these questions.

Rex Welsh