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Azyx
May 11th, 2012, 09:15 AM
Want a little text-editor there I can change colour on text-parts. I could also be good if I can open to documents and compare to text side by side. Libre office are to big I rhink.
codemaniac
May 11th, 2012, 09:55 AM
seems like Gedit is all you want .
try something like below in a terminal .


gedit filename.txt
Happy editing .
Azyx
May 11th, 2012, 10:20 AM
seems like Gedit is all you want .
try something like below in a terminal .


gedit filename.txtHappy editing .

Can't find how I change colour on selected text :(
codemaniac
May 11th, 2012, 12:08 PM
Can't find how I change colour on selected text :(

That might be of help i believe .
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/gedit
Azyx
May 11th, 2012, 12:18 PM
That might be of help i believe .
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/gedit

I must be blind. Can't find how i change color in part of the text. ..
codemaniac
May 11th, 2012, 12:33 PM
Under section "Using gedit for XML / Docbook XML" .

In gedit preferences you can have the "Font and Colors" tab .
Azyx
May 11th, 2012, 01:03 PM
Under section "Using gedit for XML / Docbook XML" .

In gedit preferences you can have the "Font and Colors" tab .

Font and color tab changes color and font for all text, not part of it. Think i need rtf-files to change part of text
kellemes
May 11th, 2012, 07:43 PM
Want a little text-editor there I can change colour on text-parts. I could also be good if I can open to documents and compare to text side by side. Libre office are to big I rhink.

Abiword (http://www.abisource.com/)?
Don't know if offers split-view or comparing of files..