FAQ

Where can I find documentation?

The original NEdit documentation has been updated and made available online at https://eteran.github.io/nedit-ng/ It is still a work in progress, but it is now searchable and easily available.

Will I be able to import my settings from nedit?

On Linux builds, a utility called nedit-import is provided which is able to import your settings from classic NEdit.

Why are some command line switches missing?

Several of the original command-line switches no longer make sense in a portable Qt application. Some examples of these are:

• -display
  Not all platforms have a concept of a display, and for UNIX platforms, this is already handled with the DISPLAY environment variable. So no special handling is really needed.

• -xrm
  nedit-ng does not use X resource files anymore, instead, everything will be stored in the config file which by default will be found in $HOME/.config/nedit-ng/config.ini

• -background and -foreground
  These options affected some of the color choices for Motif's widgets. Since we no longer use Motif, these are out of date.