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gedit (1)

Name

gedit - text editor for the GNOME Desktop

Synopsis

gedit [OPTION...] [FILE...] [+LINE[:COLUMN]]
gedit [OPTION...] -

Description

GEDIT(1)                    General Commands Manual                   GEDIT(1)



NAME
       gedit - text editor for the GNOME Desktop


SYNOPSIS
       gedit [OPTION...] [FILE...] [+LINE[:COLUMN]]
       gedit [OPTION...] -


DESCRIPTION
       gedit is the official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment.

       While aiming at simplicity and ease of use, gedit is a powerful general
       purpose text editor.  It can be used to create and edit  all  kinds  of
       text files.

       gedit  features  a  flexible plugin system which can be used to dynami-
       cally add new advanced features to gedit itself.

OPTIONS
       --encoding
              Set the character encoding to be  used  for  opening  the  files
              listed on the command line.

       --list-encodings
              Display  list  of  possible  values  for the encoding option and
              exit.

       --new-window
              Create a new toplevel window in an existing instance of gedit.

       --new-document
              Create a new document in an existing instance of gedit.

       -s, --standalone
              Run gedit in standalone mode.

       -w, --wait
              Open files and block the gedit process.

       --help Prints the command line options.

       --version
              Output version information and exit.

       FILE   Specifies the file to open when gedit starts.  If  this  is  not
              specified,  gedit  will load a blank file with an "Unsaved Docu-
              ment" label. Multiple files can be loaded if they are  separated
              by  spaces.   gedit  also supports handling of remote files. For
              example, you can pass the location of a webpage to gedit ,  like
              "http://www.gnome.org",  or  load a file from a FTP server, like
              "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/robots.txt".

       -      gedit will read from stdin

       +LINE  For all the files specified on command  line,  go  to  the  line
              specified  by  LINE  (do not insert a space between the "+" sign
              and the number).  If LINE is missing, go to the last line.

       COLUMN For all the files specified on command line, go  to  the  column
              specified by COLUMN.  If COLUMN is missing, go to the first col-
              umn.


BUGS
       If you find a bug, please report it  at  the  GNOME  bug  tracker.  See
       https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit/ReportingBugs.

AUTHORS
       Paolo Maggi (paolo@gnome.org)

       Paolo Borelli (pborelli@gnome.org)

       Steve Frcinaux (code@istique.net)

       Jesse van den Kieboom (jessevdk@gnome.org)

       Ignacio Casal Quinteiro <icq@gnome.org>

       James Willcox (jwillcox@gnome.org)

       Federico Mena Quintero (federico@novell.com)

       Chema Celorio




ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |   ATTRIBUTE VALUE     |
       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |Availability   | editor/gedit          |
       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |Stability      | Pass-through volatile |
       +---------------+-----------------------+

NOTES
       Source  code  for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This     software     was    built    from    source    available    at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.   The  original   community
       source         was         downloaded        from         https://down-
       load.gnome.org/sources/gedit/41/gedit-41.0.tar.xz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit.



                                  17 May 2010                         GEDIT(1)