Re: Detailed Leafpad manual [not just manpage]?

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

Richard Owlett wrote:
> 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 It seems leafpad is obsolete and not maintained any longer (It is only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

I just tried it on both of my machines.
It lacks ability to set the right margin. I want to insert a paragraph 
such that the effective LEFT margin [when line wraps at RIGHT margin] is 
the indent level.

> > 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
> > mailinglists@gusnan.se
> > andreas@ronnquist.net