[As-users] Fedora 8 RPMS - Added medit, parcellite; new versions of
Jeff Krebs (jkrebs@tconl.com)
Thu, 6 Dec 2007 19:20:46 -0600
The AfterStep Applets RPM repository has now been updated to include
medit and parcellite, and new versions of rxvt-unicode and worker.
Notes on new versions and new releases:
medit-0.9.0 is a GTK-based text editor.
http://mooedit.sourceforge.net/
Medit is my replacement for Nedit. Nedit has always been my favorite
editor, but these days it's "a little-long-in-the-tooth". In addition
to the standard X dialogs getting a bit old, I was running into
cut-and-paste crashes and "locks". I hadn't been happy in the past with
the gnome offerings, so I decided to look for some alternatives. I came
across two editors that seemed to fit with what I wanted rather well:
Medit and Tea Editor. Medit wasn't in any current repositories, and I
didn't find a Fedora RPM for it.
Medit is FULLY featured and fast: Python and C plugin support, Python or
MooScript (a built-in script language) configurable tools available from
the main and context menus.
Parcellite-0.4 is a lightweight GTK+ clipboard manager.
http://code.google.com/p/xyhthyx/
Parcellite is a nice GTK+/Python clipboard manager. It works well
within the systray (trayer under AfterStep) and is a well-executed
replacement for xclipboard.
rxvt-unicode-8.7 is a unicode version of rxvt.
http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html
Rxvt-unicode is the heir-apparent to aterm. It offers all of the
functionality of aterm with unicode support, including
libAfterImage/AfterStep support.
The last version in the repository was 8.4. There have been many bug
fixes and enhancements (including libAfterImage improvements) in this
version. If you run AfterStep, this is THE terminal emulator to use.
worker-2.16.1 is a file manager for X in AMIGA style.
http://www.boomerangsworld.de/worker/
This version of Worker adds support for avfs
(http://avf.sourceforge.net/), a library allowing viewing inside
compressed files and archives.
Worker is my favorite file manager and offers incredible configuration
and flexibility. It consists of the standard two-pane window with
buttons, but offers many options, built-in functions and tools. And
it's great for managing large groups of files.
About the AfterStep Applets Repository:
This repository contains AfterStep, aterm, rxvt-unicode and over 60
Wharf/Dockapps for use with AfterStep and WindowMaker.
In addition, there are some added utilities that work well under
AfterStep.
Instructions for YUM installation can be found at:
http://www.afterstep.org/download.php?show=RPMS
As usual, these Fedora 8 RPMS can be found at:
ftp://ftp.afterstep.org/stable/rpms/RPMS/fc/8/i386
Source RPMS that should work with most versions of Fedora
(Core 3+) and other distros can be found at:
ftp://ftp.afterstep.org/stable/rpms/SRPMS
Feedback via the AfterStep User Mailing List is appreciated.
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