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Old 03-01-2014, 08:02 PM   #46
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Absurdly long titles are IN.

I can grep awk
So you're thinking I should go with the other title? And not sure what

I can grep awk

means. But speaking of grep, let me ask you a question. I, accidentally, ended up downloading all these text editors in Xubuntu last night. (I thought I was just checking the size of the downloads.) So I've got like 6 text editors now. I like Kate and Bluefish and Medit seems okay. But this one jEdit is more of an IDE and I like it because it shows all the surrounding print in red when there's a coding mistake (like a missing end tag or something), but it's nearly impossible to copy and paste from the text into the "find" box for "find & replace." I think that may be because they're talking about "strings" going in there, or it may just be buggy (I Googled and some guys were having problems with it too but that didn't help ultimately.). Any idea what might be going on? Or, alternatively, would you happen to know of any Ubuntu text editors that are good about letting you know when there's a coding mistake? Thanks!
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Is there anyplace on MR that people discuss Linux? (I've already gotten restricted for asking too many questions at Ubuntu One--the limit is 6 in a 24hr period.) Thanks!
I don't think MR is the place for that, but there's plenty of other sites. Try StackExchange or LinuxQuestions. And always ask Google first, most information is already there, somewhere.
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Old 03-02-2014, 10:33 AM   #48
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I run mostly vanilla(Gnome) Ubuntu, not the KDE flavor (I did try it a while back) . I use gedit for basic editing and Libre office for other stuff.
I am not an Author.
I am not a (modern) coder. I just peek from time to time
Sigil does what (and is closest with the [I]feel[/I I want)] I need (with Calibre catching up fast).

I use the term feel because it is more about matching your thinking and working style than being 'better'.
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Do these sites help you?
http://www.jedit.org/users-guide/search-replace.html
http://www.jedit.org/users-guide/selection.html

If you are in search for another editor I would recommend "Geany" that is easy and lightweight.
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Thanks, Jellby. Stackexhange looks a little intimidating but I'll try it. LinuxQuestions looks great. (Esp. the Linux-Newbie forum there.)

And eschwartz got me to start a thread in the Lounge (Gregg's Interminable Adventures in Linux Land). LOL (I just like you MR guys!)
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Old 03-02-2014, 04:03 PM   #51
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I run mostly vanilla(Gnome) Ubuntu, not the KDE flavor (I did try it a while back) . I use gedit for basic editing and Libre office for other stuff.
I am not an Author.
I am not a (modern) coder. I just peek from time to time
Sigil does what (and is closest with the [I]feel[/I I want)] I need (with Calibre catching up fast).

I use the term feel because it is more about matching your thinking and working style than being 'better'.
I've got LibreOffice and like it a lot. And I've added Toxari's epub maker if for some reason I need a quick epub from the odt. I don't have gedit but I'll check it out. Right now I'm using Geany for a heavy duty first go-through (of an html doc) and then Kate for a finer go-through. Thanks.
P.S. You sure seem to have picked up a lot of knowledge with just peeking from time to time.
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Old 03-02-2014, 04:06 PM   #52
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Do these sites help you?
http://www.jedit.org/users-guide/search-replace.html
http://www.jedit.org/users-guide/selection.html

If you are in search for another editor I would recommend "Geany" that is easy and lightweight.
I already had looked at the first site and I just looked at the second. I think the problem is that jEdit's 'find and replace' is mostly for coders and 'string' (regular expression) stuff, which is WAY beyond my skill level or needs. Really appreciate the info!

P.S. Have Geany and REALLY like it. Very powerful. User friendly.

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I've got LibreOffice and like it a lot. And I've added Toxari's epub maker if for some reason I need a quick epub from the odt. I don't have gedit but I'll check it out. Right now I'm using Geany for a heavy duty first go-through (of an html doc) and then Kate for a finer go-through. Thanks.
P.S. You sure seem to have picked up a lot of knowledge with just peeking from time to time.
Gedit is just the stock TXT editor that comes with Ubuntu. It has some of the basic (computer) language parsing features you see in Calibre/Sigil code view.

IMHO There is no need to load yourself down wit every editor there is.
Pick a couple for specific tasks, and only change if you see one that really does what you NEED.

Fore me:
Win / Linux

Notepad++/Gedit
Libre Office/Libre office
Sigil/Sigil
Calibre/Calibre

Hmm maybe there is a pattern here
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Gedit is just the stock TXT editor that comes with Ubuntu. It has some of the basic (computer) language parsing features you see in Calibre/Sigil code view.

IMHO There is no need to load yourself down wit every editor there is.
Pick a couple for specific tasks, and only change if you see one that really does what you NEED.

Fore me:
Win / Linux

Notepad++/Gedit
Libre Office/Libre office
Sigil/Sigil
Calibre/Calibre

Hmm maybe there is a pattern here
Before I saw this last post of yours I downloaded Gedit and really liked it. I got rid of all the other text editors. So (I know I asked this before but I got so many disparate answers: get it from command line, debian, distros, discos.) how did you get Sigil in Linux? Thanks.
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Before I saw this last post of yours I downloaded Gedit and really liked it. I got rid of all the other text editors. So (I know I asked this before but I got so many disparate answers: get it from command line, debian, distros, discos.) how did you get Sigil in Linux? Thanks.
downloaded DiapDealer's package, extracted it with "ar -xv Sigil_from_diapDealer.deb", unpacked data.tar.gz into /home/schwartze/opt/sigil-portable/ and wrote a shellscript to launch the executable at /home/schwartze/opt/sigil-portable/sigil/sigil. I'm running it portably, as I don't have root access here.

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So how did you get Sigil in Linux? Thanks.
I've installed it two times "from scratch" following these instructions:
https://code.google.com/p/sigil/wiki/RunningFromSource
I've found these instructions very concise. The only command that they didn't give verbatim was to make a directory in "/opt" for Qt5.1.0.
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downloaded DiapDealer's package, extracted it with "ar -xv Sigil_from_diapDealer.deb", unpacked data.tar.gz into /home/schwartze/opt/sigil-portable/ and wrote a shellscript to launch the executable at /home/schwartze/opt/sigil-portable/sigil/sigil. I'm running it portably, as I don't have root access here.
Thanks eschwartz. I wouldn't even attempt this one. But I had an ephiany. If you would go to my last post here:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=235138
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https://code.google.com/p/sigil/wiki/RunningFromSource
I've found these instructions very concise. The only command that they didn't give verbatim was to make a directory in "/opt" for Qt5.1.0.
Thanks Billi. I looked it over but it's still over my head. Would you be so kind to check my last post in this thread:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=235138

Thanks very much!
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