Not really an issue but list dependencies about xed

[clefebvre]

gnome-common isn't really a DE dependency. It's going away though in the near future though.

[dvergeylen]

On a Debian based installation:

dv@daniel-zenbook /tmp/xed $ history 60 | grep "apt-get install"
  819  sudo apt-get install gnome-common
  822  sudo apt-get install yelp-tools
  836  sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev
  839  sudo apt-get install gtk-doc-tools
  843  sudo apt-get install libenchant-dev
  852  sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-dev
  855  sudo apt-get install libgtksourceview-3.0-dev
  863  history 60 | grep "apt-get install"

One Liner version gives:

sudo apt-get install gnome-common yelp-tools libglib2.0-dev gtk-doc-tools libenchant-dev libgtk-3-dev libgtksourceview-3.0-dev

[tinxx]

This app is promoted as Cross-DE.

Is the dependency towards gnome-common wanted or will it be removed in a later version?

[drydenp]

You need at least also:

libgtk2.0-dev libgtksourceview2.0-dev

For the ./autogen.sh to work but then compilation fails

In file included from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtk.h:234:0,
from xed-preferences-dialog.c:40:
xed-preferences-dialog.c:41:37: fatal error: gtksourceview/gtksource.h: No such file or directory

Because it uses gtk-2.0 and gtksource.h is in gtksourceview-3.0.