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    GEDIT

    WillieBy WillieApril 2, 2026Updated:April 2, 2026No Comments2 Mins Read
     

    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 dynamically 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.
    -g, –geometry=GEOMETRY
    Set the X geometry window size (WIDTHxHEIGHT+X+Y).
    –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 Document" 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 the first file, 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 the first file, go to the column specified by COLUMN. If COLUMN is missing, go to the first column.

     

    BUGS

    If you find a bug, please report it at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gedit.  

    AUTHORS

    Paolo Maggi ([email protected])
    Paolo Borelli ([email protected])
    Steve Frécinaux ([email protected])
    Jesse van den Kieboom ([email protected])
    Ignacio Casal Quinteiro <[email protected]>
    James Willcox ([email protected])
    Federico Mena Quintero ([email protected])
    Chema Celorio

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