gedit/docs/roadmap-done.md

gedit roadmap - done tasks

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Done during the GNOME 3.34 development cycle.

Tepl-ification of the gedit core

• gedit 3.36:
  • Start to use the Tepl library.
  • Use some Tepl utility functions.
  • Use TeplFileMetadata, remove GeditMetadataManager.
• gedit 3.38:
  • Move some utility functions to the Tepl library.
  • Refactor and move some I/O error infobars to Tepl.
  • GeditView now inherits from TeplView.
  • Port to the new Tepl metadata API.
  • Use TeplStyleSchemeChooserWidget in the preferences dialog.
  • Create GeditFactory class, subclass of TeplAbstractFactory.
• gedit 40:
  • Use tepl_pango_font_description_to_css().
  • Use TeplLanguageChooser's, for choosing a language for the syntax highlighting. Remove GeditHighlightModeSelector and GeditHighlightModeDialog.
  • Use TeplProgressInfoBar. Remove GeditProgressInfoBar.
  • GeditDocument now inherits from TeplBuffer, start to use the TeplBuffer and TeplFile APIs.

Tepl-ification of the gedit plugins

• gedit 40:
  • Draw Spaces plugin: new implementation based on TeplSpaceDrawerPrefs.

Other done tasks in gedit plugins

• gedit 40:
  • Smart Spaces plugin: new implementation based on a GtkSourceView feature.

New version of gedit on Windows

gedit is available in MSYS2. The integration with Windows is not perfect, but it mostly works.