So close and yet so far…
Traded some email with Paolo Maggi (author/maintainer GEdit) about using the Gedit control. Sadly it was only meant to be used as a Nautilus viewer. That’s too bad.
In any event, I’ve changed the code to use GtkSourceView and checked it into CVS. I also updated the online help manual to reflect the various UI changes in sussen.
I’ll see what else I can get fixed up before the next release.