Re: Nedit 5.5 under Debian Lenny

Joerg Fischer wrote:
> Klaus Jantzen wrote:
>
>   
>> 1. Where do I have to keep the .neditmacro file?
>>     I have it in {$HOME} and in {$Home}/.nedit.
>>     When loading it from either location, the macros are recognized and 
>> executed correctly.
>>     But even after "Saving Defaults" the macros are "lost" when Nedit is 
>> started again.
>>     
>
> There are two different files, one called nedit.rc (old name .nedit)
> and the other autoload.nm (old name .neditmacro). nedit.rc is for
> storing menu settings including the macros located in the Macro menu.
> Only these settings are stored with "Saving Defaults". autoload.nm is
> for automatically loading user defined (macro) functions (starting
> with the define keyword, these can't be defined in the Macro menu). If
> this should sound like gibberish for you, you should read the NEdit
> documentation under the Help menu ;-)
>
>   
>> 2. Copy/Paste do not work.
>>     When I try to copy a  highlighted  text  either by Ctrl-C  or by  
>> right-klick of the mouse and selecting            "Copy"  from the small 
>> menu, nothing happens when I enter either Ctrl-V or when I select "Paste"
>>      from the small menu.
>>     
>
> Debian is likely to use Lesstif by default to build NEdit, cf. Help ->
> Version. Your description sounds like a known problem of many Lesstif
> versions (especially for 64bit systems). So, either get NEdit from
> nedit.org, or rebuild it using Openmotif, or make your own clipboard
> with the help of macros like for instance 
>   
> http://nedit.hackvalue.nl/niki/index.php/ManyClipboards
>   

That solved the problem with the popup menu  in the  editing window.
How can I change the menu entries of the edit submenu of the toolbar?

Using the nedit excutable from nedit.org failed because the library
libXp.so.6 is missing. Where would I get that?
> Cheers,
> Jörg
>   

Thank you for your help.
-- 

KDJ.

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