Gnominide Frequently Asked Questions
What does gnominide mean?
The word "gnominide" is the contraction of three words: Gnome Mini IDE. In other words, you
can say "small (only in size not in features :-) Gnome IDE".
Why there is syntax highlighting only for Python code?
Because it's a Python IDE and not a general purpouse editor. If you are looking for an editor with
highlight for many languages, you can try Anjuta, KDevelop, Kate, VIM...
Why another IDE for Python, don't we already have Boa (http://boa-constructor.sourceforge.net),
Eri3 and IDLE?
None of the above IDE supports the GTK+ toolkit natively. Yes Boa uses WxPython that in
Linux has GTK as backend, but you still need the WxWindow library.
What I would like to create is a simple Python IDE integrated into the Gnome Desktop Environment
that can be used to produce scripts, modules or even more complex projects (at least in the future).
I would like to point out that, if you are looking for a mature IDE for big and complex projects right now, you
should use one of the above, because gnominide is in early stage of development.
Why don't you use gtkSourceView as editor widget?
When I started coding this program a year ago, gtkSourceView was at the beginning and not yet part of Gnome platform.
My primary goal was to improve my knowledge of Python and gtk+2, so I started to explore the
capabilities of new widgets: gtkTextView and gtkTextBuffer. Soon I realized that extending these widgets
to obtain editor-like feaures was not so difficult... Now I'm happy with my extensions and I don't
think that I will switch to gtkSourceView in the future.
