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On 2018-10-05, Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> wrote:
> jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> writes:
>>Hi folks
>>
>>I tried to install the open source package "GEDIT".
>

>>
>>Why a C program will need java/perl/xml/ etc is beyond me.
>
> Modern editors generally do far more than just allow one to edit text.
>
> The description of gedit itself (see its wiki page) should help
> you to understand why a C program needs xml support (and perl to support
> PCRE):

perl is not requiored for PCRE, PCRE is a separate C library - an
off-shoot of the Exim MTA project, not a descendant of perl.

>   "gedit is the default text editor of the GNOME desktop
>    environment and part of the GNOME Core Applications. ...
>    It includes tools for editing source code and structured
>    text such as markup languages."

>>Why the documentation is mandatory? Why do I need all those megabytes of 
>>different languages to compile a C-GTK based editor?

It's because the devs decided to put the docs in the same repo as as the
software.

> See above.  Use the source package distributed by your distribution.

> If you're trying to build on windows, use the Ubuntu WSL, don't
> bother with mingw or cygwin.

Yeah, mingw can be tricky. but most Gnome/GTK libraries are available if
you look hard enough.

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