[gedit-list] Clip Libraries

[Peter Anderson <peter anderson internode on net>]

Hi! I am new to this list and trying to make the switch from Windows to 
Linux (Ubuntu).

On Windows I have been using text editors like EditPlus2 
(http://www.editplus.com/index.html) and TextPad for many years. The 
compelling reason to use these editors is their clip library feature. 
Clip libraries allow you to define code snippets which are typically 
viewed in a side panel. When clicked they insert to cliped text into the 
editor at the current insertion point. The following two clips are from 
my EditPlus HTML clip library:

#T=Paragraph
<p>^!</p>

#T=Unordered List
<ul>
<li>^!</li>
<li></li>
</ul>

#T= is used for the clip title
^! leaves the cursor insertion point at this place after the clip has 
been inserted

The first clip is a simple HTML paragraph tag pair. The second clip is a 
multi-line HTML unordered list with two list items. Basically any text 
can be added to a clip library document.

My question/request is - is this functionality available in gEdit? If 
not (as I suspect) can the developers look at adding this type of 
functionality to gEdit? Once you get used to this capability it is very 
hard to use a text editor that does not have it.

Regards,
Peter
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Peter Anderson

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conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the 
introduction of a new order of things — Niccolo Machiavelli, /The 
Prince/, ch. 6