Re: Testing wanted for Gnome R

[Elliot Lee <sopwith redhat com>]

On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Lyndon Drake wrote:

> > 2. I think you might want to look into using a ZvtTerm widget instead of
> > a GtkText for the console - you would get dingus support, a lot nicer
> > display, and automatic handling of all the low-level details that you are
> > probably having to do by hand now.
> 
> Plus it would be faster, and probably less buggy, and multiline
> pasting would be easier...  The main reason for using GtkText was in
> the hope of adding syntax highlighting.  I wonder if I could do
> something similar to the dingus highlighting, but for syntax
> highlighting rather than just URL clicking.  If this is possible, I
> will probably switch.

Well, it can display multicolored text (since it is a terminal emulator),
so you should be good to go.

-- Elliot
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.