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Re: Model KWrite after GEdit, keep Kate for geeks
by Madman on Monday 26/May/2008, @18:19
The desktop of choice is determined by it's text editor? Please, I think someone's getting more desperate by the minute.

I've just used KWrite, and I've found nothing intrusive. I don't even qualify as a full, "geek", as the most advanced programming I know is Javascript, but for simple text editing KWrite hasn't done anything wrong for me.

I searched for text with ease (found it easily in the edit menu without searching about for it. NOT INTRUSIVE)(now, without a separate pop-up box and instead with an integrated search bar. LESS INTRUSIVE).
The only somewhat geeky option in the file/edit menus was, "convert to HTML". In, "View", the least geeky option was at the very top (new window), while little else in there would have been useful (NOT INTRUSIVE - what the bloody-hell else could I be looking in that menu for?).
In, "tools", all the most usefull options came with pretty icons on the sides, making them clearly visible - LESS INTRUSIVE.
One thing I love to use - adding things directly from the menus to the toolbar, *removing the need to, "sift through" what little geek-speak there is in the menu time and time again*. LESS INTRUSIVE.

I wouldn't even call this a, "simple" text editor, because simple text editors (notepad) don't get this easy to use! It's powerful and, from a none-geek perspective, it does everything I need and quickly. Another bonus, I can quickly make a HTML page in it because of the coder features, *which have no reason to be gotten rid of*.


If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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