Re: Detailed Leafpad manual [not just manpage]?

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

Andreas Rönnquist wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Dec 2022 05:29:58 -0600,
> Richard Owlett<rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
>
> > I wish to document a personal project.The desired format will resemble
> > the outline for term papers we wrote in school in the 50's. Except
> > some items may be a short paragraph or two long.
> >
> > I did a web search for text editors with an auto-indent feature.
> > The only one I recognized was Leafpad. But I couldn't find appropriate
> > documentation or "howto". Where would I find it?
> >
> > Any other suggestions for a basic text editor in the Debian repository
> > with an auto-indent feature. I'm not interested in a full blown word
> > processor.
> >
> > TIA
>
> It seems leafpad is obsolete and not maintained any longer (It is only
> available in Debian Stretch).
>
> If you could try something else, I would try mousepad (which actually
> is a fork of leafpad).
>
> https://packages.debian.org/mousepad
> https://docs.xfce.org/apps/mousepad/start

That page suggests it's what I'm looking for.
I attempted to install it on my old machine [has a large external 
monitor] but got a "temporary connection failure" message.
Will try it again this afternoon.
Thanks



> If you would be ready to try something new and are not afraid of
> massive amount of settings (and thereby possibilities) but still
> GTK-based, I would try SciTE.
>
> https://packages.debian.org/scite
>
> (Yes, I am biased regarding SciTE, since I'm one of the Debian package
> maintainers).
>
> -- Andreas Rönnquist
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