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Avoid redundancy with the common-bugs.md. The 'Do not allow incompatible plugins to be loaded' task has been removed from the list, but a GitLab issue can be filed instead. I'm not sure that it still applies.
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gedit roadmap
This page contains the plans for major code changes we hope to get done in the future.
Take care and fix the common bugs
Status: in progress
See the list in the common-bugs.md file.
Continue to make the gedit source code more re-usable
Status: in progress (this is an ongoing effort)
Develop and use the Gedit Technology set of libraries.
Rework the search & replace UI
Status: todo
Have an horizontal bar, to not occlude the text.
Be able to quit the application with all documents saved, and restored on next start
Status: todo
Even for unsaved and untitled files, be able to quit gedit, restart it later and come back to the previous state with all tabs restored.
Improve the workflow for printing to paper
Status: todo
Show first a preview of the file to print and do the configuration from there.
Use native file chooser dialog windows (GtkFileChooserNative)
Status: todo
To have the native file chooser on MS Windows, and use the Flatpak portal.
This task requires to rework the file loading and saving code. To have a different - but still user-friendly - way to choose the character encoding and line ending type.
Avoid the need for gedit forks
Status: todo
There are several forks of gedit available: Pluma (from the MATE desktop environment) and xed (from the Linux Mint distribution). xed is a fork of Pluma, and Pluma is a fork of gedit.
The goal is to make gedit suitable for MATE and Linux Mint. This can be implemented by adding a “gedit-classic” configuration option. Or implement it similarly to LibreOffice, to give the user a choice between several UI paradigms.